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Letter: North project a symptom of a 'Pharaoh complex'
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
The design competition is critical as the "New Newton North" process is flawed and failed. Those in charge have lost broken trust with citizens. New Newton North's bizarre agenda is forged in a tightly controlled misinformation process that is prejudiced by the specific objective to build a new school at any cost.
Newton North High School is not going to fall down, it's only 30 years old, structurally fine, and, admittedly and unfortunately, very poorly managed and maintained by Cohen, Larner and Young. First we were told the air is unhealthy. A total lie. Next, there's asbestos! Asbestos was abated years ago. Rather than deal with routine, responsible and ongoing maintenance and rehabilitation, city leaders want to hide their management and design incompetence with a shiny, new, high-performance and high-cost school. I call it a "Pharaoh" complex - building an impressive looking edifice on the backs of taxpaying slaves, irrespective of cost and injury.
I have spent many years managing luxury hotels and resorts, and I understand buildings. Hotels are very complex buildings, unlike schools that are comprised of relatively large and uncomplicated rooms. Conde Naste Traveler, October 2004, lists best hotel brands in North America - follow this! Top Hotel Brand - Peninsula. Rooms Equipped for Working - Park Hyatt. Dining/Restaurant - Mandarin Oriental. Value for Cost - Kimpton.
The "value for cost" winner is Kimpton, a very clever group that built an empire by brilliantly and efficiently converting "forgotten" hotels into "the stars of the industry." Park Hyatt's "rooms equipped for working" resulted from on-going rehabilitation. You see, brilliance can be achieved when creativity and passion drive a process.
So, let's open discussion with a design competition - let the light shine in - otherwise I am sure we will pay much more than $100M for what should, and could, be a brilliant $39M renovation.
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