I’ve already taken half a dozen co-workers to see the emerging housing project on the corner of 15th Street and Broadway. My game as we approach the side of the building going north on Broadway is: “What do you think those rectangles are made out of?” Wild guesses abound. Finally, someone recognizes a Coke or Sprite can. There is much laughter and delight. The frontage on Broadway is powerful and exciting. As with all breakthrough projects, there is at first, complaint. There were mass protests when the TransAmerica pyramid building went up in San Francisco — of course, now it is a proud symbol of the great city by the Bay.
Hurrah for fun, daring and breakthrough architecture. May we have more and may our beautiful city be known for great architecture.
Linda Jassim Santa Monica
America needs to clean house
Editor:
America is a house divided and this house is falling apart before our eyes.
We want to befriend everything that conflicts with what we, as Christians, know of as the truth. Have you ever had to follow the orders of two bosses? It’s a nightmare-gone-wild, to say the least. Democrat versus Republican is why our political house stays in so much chaos. Rich versus poor, white versus black — it goes on and on. This is how the devil works to destroy that which is good. We can’t be tolerant of evil and stand against it at the same time.
This government takes it’s cut, under the table, behind closed-door sessions, to look the other way and say, “I didn’t know.” We have let more wolves into our pen. We are just like sheep, having not a care in the world, besides what in front of our faces. Christians are silent, asleep and or afraid to look this world in the eye and tell it the truth. Americans should not have to wonder what new perils await on their doorsteps. Let us clean the inside of our own cup and the outside will be clean.
This is my home and even though I am surrounded by evil, I fear only God. We all have internal cleaning that needs to be done, but there are stumbling blocks that need to be removed. We are a nation of many colors and hues, but we have to be of one accord if we want victory. Islam is not the only problematic issue, but right now, it must not grow in my borders.
