That's Peter Brown, ARCHITECT

KHOU-11's Lee McGuire has a great quote from Councilmember Peter Brown on some goofy construction at the new Costco on Richmond:

We found a traffic signal and utility pole sticking out of a handicap ramp on the sidewalk.

The maze lines one side of the new Costco shopping complex along Richmond. The sidewalk is part of Houston's effort to become more pedestrian friendly.

[snip]

Peter Brown, ARCHITECT
Houston City Council Member Peter Brown saw the sidewalk for himself on Thursday.

"Well that's a brand new pole," Brown said. "This is really the dumbest kind of construction I've seen in a long time and you know I'm an architect."

[snip]

"It's really frightening, it's atrocious that this would happen in a new project," Brown said. "But, you know, you can't blame anybody particularly, except I would blame the city for not having standards."

Peter Brown is an architect? Who knew?

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/13/08 09:50 PM | Houston People | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (15)

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