New low
Wow, congratulations on hitting a new low with your Silk porn ad (1/7/2016). Maybe you’ll lose some old readers but pick up some new pedo fans.
Nora Cecchini (via email)
Mistaken identity
Regarding the image of the “old” St. Paul’s University Catholic Center (Feedback, 1/7/2016, “Blast from the Past), both the Wisconsin Historical Society’s identification of the building and Isthmus could not be more wrong. The photograph is of the Calvary Lutheran Center, a Missouri Synod church for students that was razed for the also Brutalist (but not as well designed) building occupied by both Calvary Lutheran and the University Book Store. The original St. Paul’s nave survives behind its new (now old) Brutalist façade. Its interior is new; its exterior still original — at least for the moment. Please, Historical Society, correct your caption!
Jack Holzhueter (via email)
Whether or not you enjoy the Brutalist style of the current St. Paul’s, it is clearly a distinctive building. The old Lutheran church [see letter above], with its lovely lawn and gardens, would have been right at home in the English countryside. Why is it that any building on a human scale or with any architectural distinctiveness must be condemned to oblivion? As an out-of-town friend recently observed after a tour of downtown with its forest of new luxury high-rises, “No place does bland like Madison.”
Gary L. Kriewald (via email)
Difficult conversations
Re “The Most Incredible Pain” (1/7/2016), an article on Andrea Irwin, Tony Robinson’s mother: I wish I had the right words. Blessings to you and your entire family.
Donna Terry (via Facebook)
Such a strong family. Wishing them peace
Faye Borchert (via Facebook)
If a tree falls...
Re East-side Residents Mourn Loss of Trees (Isthmus.com, 1/8/2016): What a loss. I remember lingering in the limited shade on hot days. Why wouldn’t the city provide boundaries for ATC trimming? And monitor large projects like this?
Linda Baldwin (via Facebook)
This sucks. If that happened in our neighborhood it would be devastating. The trees are a vital part of our homes. I do not understand the thinking behind this.
Turanga Leela
Correction
In last week’s Feedback (“Sins of Commission”), the correct date for Police Chief Noble Wray’s announcement of his resignation should have been Aug. 7, 2013.
