Monthly Archives: May 2021

Reporters as architecture critics.

Reporters love parking garages. That’s because their profession as journalists qualifies them to be critics of architecture. All parking garages must be described as hulking. Back in the old days of news reporting, adjectives were prohibited. Not any more. It’s open season for adjectives and adverbs. What brings this on is a May 20, 2021, Boston Globe column about a scheme (scheme is journalese for a plan or proposal the… Read Article →