As I delve deeper into the cyber-blogger world (is blog really a word?) I discover, through advice from wiser folks, how to streamline access to this site. As of now, nobody need type the letters, numbers of a gibberish spam deflector to comment. I am also working on e-mail notifications for y'all.
In other news, Chicago is on the short list to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. While I'm selfishly thrilled at the prospect of an Olympic games I can attend, I can't get it out of my head that Illinois is practically broke and that Blago could be out of prison by then and running the state again (this is, you know, Illinois). Chicago is not Los Angeles, and I'd bet the wheels that turn Second City won't turn a profit. Nevertheless, my selfish self still hopes for Chi town's success in reining in the games.
On a note from a previous blog/rant, I blew the doors off of today's residential architectural design (as in lack of) without offering an alternative- something like hating the direction the country is taking, yet offering not an iota of a suggestion as to what direction would be preferred, nor a program with which to implement such change. So......... rather than casting myself as a bellyacher without a cure....................... I would, in order to improve residential design criteria, implement subdivision restrictions that went beyond the minimums of square footage and brick requirements. I know of, and have built in subdivisions that required plan review standards that take into consideration design and balance. This could be done on all levels. The problem today is that in a new development, a homeowner review board cannot be established until homeowners constitute a percentage of the subdivision, and by then, the developer has approved the plans under way, usually with more of an emphasis on the sale than on design. Local planning and zoning departments could provide better guidelines for specific developments that would require higher standards for developers.
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