Happens all the time. But, these days there is so much work we just laugh
and say: "Oh, that reminds me we've just adjusted our rates. The fee for
this project is now three times as large. Check please." Of course, this
economic boom won't last forever. And, I'll be back to writing
magazines...maybe.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Krugman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 2:24 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: The days of (thesis) reckoning...


In a message dated 4/15/2000 2:02:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

> Thought you might enjoy some outside comment on Bob Stern


Ooops. Sorry folks, an aside to a fellow Columbia grad.... I have my own
painful memories. I suffered through a number of presentations at Stern's
hands. It was one of the most negative experiences I have had in the
preservation field. 100X worse than a Council Chamber of octagenarians
parading around with "Don't tread on me" banners protesting landmark
designation.

It was after graduation that I learned how an architecture student
fantasized
about how to get through irrational, arrogant, vicious, etc etc critiques.
It
was on a website managed by a Harvard (? Yale?) architecture student and was
called the "Blowfish Defenses." It was hilarious.

Tell me, you architects out there.... does this happen often enough to be
regarded as a typical "trial by fire" for all aspiring architects. Maybe us
thin-skinned HP program members just weren't prepped on the traditions of an
allied profession...

Unfortunately, the guy must have graduated (or dropped out) because I have
searched for it since and can't find it, or I would pass it along.

Mary