from my email: FORREST ROTH / NOTEBOOK SELECTIONS FROM ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE AS POTENTIAL INSTRUMENT, DREYFUS LENT, 197X

FORREST ROTH / NOTEBOOK SELECTIONS FROM ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE AS POTENTIAL INSTRUMENT, DREYFUS LENT, 197X — always crashing

Or, why is façade needed at all? Could building suffice as assemblage of rooms directly exposed to elements and Novice of Façades? Furthermore, could substitute for façade be created in complete absence of any esthetic (e.g., Russian Brutalism) and without providing any contour or outward definition of a building which houses such assemblage? At local public library, I consult with only known expert of façades in walking distance of my vicinity, a strangely timid albeit excitable “old soul,” as they like to say in this state, who claims to be my long-lost brother despite we share no physical resemblance, he has never has so much as visited Canada, and he cannot remember what his mother’s maiden name is. No matter. Before carrying out my usual parcel of neglected books on architecture that are likely decades out favor, I make sure to visit him around closing time so I can ply him with a sandwich at the House of Bison, which constructs them decently with roast beef, fresh prepared horseradish (awaiting confirmation), and a hard, crusty German roll, plus generous pickle wedge for reinforcement.