Title: Coulda Woulda Shoulda
Product review: This is essentially a collection of updated columns from Blair Kamin's 1990s-era reports on the state of architecture in Chicago. In many instances, there are "postscripts" updating the information to the new millenium.These are pretty good items, but suffer from the architecture critic's foremost risk: the "ain't it awful" trap that can detract from the pure enjoyment of excellent design. "This is a great, beautiful building, but right across the street is a Kwik-E-Mart." Equivocation is an inevitable part of human experience, but it can also sometimes induce a killjoy effect.Leadership means creating a vision of a preferred future state and then sharing that vision with others. Enthusiam matters. And so do results.In Chicago architecture today, there is a whole lot more to celebrate than to decry. Let's celebrate more!
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