. Architect and engineer. trian escalators are pro-posed at Second and Third Streets on Hill,and at Court Street on Broadway, forthose who walk to work or use publicvehicles. THE ARCHITECT AND ^30 ? NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE VICISSITUDES OF A YOUNG ARCHITECT by Ninth Installment of Personal Sketches Reminiscentof the Early Architectural Practice of the Author ELMER GREY, F. A. I. A. A BOUT THE TIME ofwhich I have been writing I made someinteresting acquaintances in Cahfornia,some of whom and their doings might bementioned here. Men of note areinteresting, not be-cause they are no
. Architect and engineer. trian escalators are pro-posed at Second and Third Streets on Hill,and at Court Street on Broadway, forthose who walk to work or use publicvehicles. THE ARCHITECT AND ^30 ? NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE VICISSITUDES OF A YOUNG ARCHITECT by Ninth Installment of Personal Sketches Reminiscentof the Early Architectural Practice of the Author ELMER GREY, F. A. I. A. A BOUT THE TIME ofwhich I have been writing I made someinteresting acquaintances in Cahfornia,some of whom and their doings might bementioned here. Men of note areinteresting, not be-cause they are notedparticularly, but of-ten because theyconduct their livesin individual ways,unfettered by cus-tom, and so suggestto us ways by whichwe may live our ownlives more naturallyand effectively. There w^as BertramGoodhue for in-stance. He knew howto conform to cus-tom and did so whenit made life smooth-er and more enjoy-able, yet in some re-spects no man wasever less bound bycustom than he. I dont remember drawing by Bertram. where or when I first met him or how^ wehappened to become well acquainted, butat the tiole the San Diego Exposition wasprojected I received a letter from him inwhich he spoke of the post of DirectingArchitect of that important is a position Iw^ant very much in-deed, he wrote, butI have just heardthat it is not for wasnt at first go-ing to tell you whatit is, but I think Iwill change my have a perfect-ly lovely problemand one with which. . thought I wasbetter fitted to dealthan any other ar-chitect, thanks to mystudies of and bookupon Spanish Co-lonial architecture inMexico. Needless to say Iam bitterly disap-pointed at the turnaffairs have taken and-•- it is equally needless GOODHUE, ARCHITECT to ask you to regard ^31 ? this information as approximately confiden-tial and not to take any hand in it unlessyou think the circumstances warrant you inso doing. You ask me when I am comingto California and my answer is PleaseGod. soon.
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