Jim Buckley
buckley@rumford.com
1035 Monroe St.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
360 385 9974
Dear Mr. Buckley:
I'm keeping myself from Web surfing until I meet some deadlines, so I haven't seen your page yet. But I'm interested in your Web Page listings for architects.
I spoke to you several years ago about Rumford fireplaces. You gave me lots of information and help, but then my client didn't buy anything from you, which annoyed me -- he just had his mason build the two fireplaces. And the large one downstairs the mason built according to the New Hampshire book, ignoring the details I'd drawn. After that, I made sure he got the upstairs one right.
I tried to get hold of you for later jobs, but you had moved, and I couldn't find where you'd gone. I also recommended your company to a friend who spent quite a long time calling information, etc., trying to find you. So I was glad to see your notice.
I've won awards for architecture, historic preservation, town planning and architectural history.* I have a small office in Bedford, New York, but with national and international contacts.
What sort of info do you need for the Web page?
John Montague Massengale, AIA
Architects & Town Planners
12 Court Road, Box 128
Bedford, New York 10506
Plenty good enough. Happy to include you on the List.
Jim
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000
Subject: thanks
From: John Massengale
To: Buckley
Dear Mr. Buckley,
Thank you for your reference. I was interested to see that you include my friend Jim Kunstler's book The Geography of Nowhere in your booklist. You might also like Kunstler's Home From Nowhere (see http://www.kunstler.com/books.html) and Suburban Nation, by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck (http://www.dpz.com -- I also like Harry Potter.)
Then there's New York 1900, New York Architecture and Urbanism 1890 - 1915
(http://www.massengale.com/pages/bookstop.htm), a great book, of course.
Sincerely yours,
John Massengale
