By Mathew Millen Santa Monica
Linda Jassim’s glowing letter to the editor (“Lovin’ that SaMo architecture,” page 4, Jan. 11) regarding the city’s new four story low-income housing project at 15th (Street) and Broadway was deficient in the following respects: She failed to mention 1) Her husband is the architect who designed the building. 2) Her husband’s firm received over $500,000 from the city to design the project. 3) The homeowners who live in the adjacent single family dwellings are outraged over the huge scale of the building. 4) The recycled cans, a decorative element, include numerous beer cans that inappropriately advertise beer to minors. Perhaps not “amusing and delightful” to some.
With those omissions taken into consideration, who thinks her comments are objective?
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 15, 2007. Read the original PDF.