Originally Posted by
coldfeet
Excuse me? $4 million to build a 1,600 sq ft house? I too think it's a good idea, just that it could have been cheaper. A lot of the cost has gone on making it a "showpiece" That and the usual governmental waste.
A building in D.C. that is an architectural showpiece? I'm shocked to think of such a thing!
Making buildings that look nice and work well is not wasteful. After all, Union Station itself could just be a ramshackle pole barn by the side of the tracks.
