Of course, there's some disagreement about who is the greatest American architect. About half of architecture fans would name I.M.Pei, who designed, in Manhattan, a wonderful white office building downtown, the Four Seasons Hotel, and the Javitz Center. But the more in-the-know half of all fans would of course name Philip Johnson, who designed the lipstick building, the State Theatre, and the Sony Building for AT&T here.
Frank Gehry hasn't designed as many buildings as Pei and Johnson did in any decade of their adult lives, but, if you've looked at his designs for New York, you know why they've not been built. It sure took the town where he lives a number of years to construct something of his. And I like it, sans bow tie.
I've become fond of Pret-a-manger's Asian Tuna sandwhich, although their Coronation Chicken is both the best chicken salad and best Indian item I know of.
Even I saw the John Barrowman-Carol Burnett-Susan Egan Putting It Together, and knew the director was Eric something with an Sh.
I'm picturing the Eder-Wildhorn divorce papers include the phrase "irreconcilable lack of talent"
