Letter: Letter Writer Has Confidence in Restaurant Architect

To the Editor:

In your article, "Porches Inn Gets OK to Proceed With River Street Demolition, New Restaurant," I was pleased to see that the project will be designed by the firm MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple, a Canadian firm.

I have crossed paths with Brian MacKay-Lyons over a period of more than 40 years. His award-winning work has consistently been of the highest quality and especially responsive to its setting. I have complete confidence that the Porches is doing North Adams a great service.

Sincerely,

Howard Itzkowitz
North Adams, Mass.

Architect (retired), Professor Emeritus, Southern Polytechnic State University

Solid Sound 2026: Day One in Pictures

By Justin WaggSpecial to iBerkshires
06:57AM / Sunday, June 28, 2026

Friday: Day One

Justin Wagg spent Friday taking pictures of Solid Sound

 

Visitors Arrive in Courtyard D

Billy Bragg performs in Courtyard D

Billy Bragg

Rain falls on Billy Bragg's set

Raincoats come out

Finding shelter

Umbrella time

Taking a break

Sharp Pins perform in Courtyard D

Sharp Pins

Poems being written during Solid Sound

Festival attendees cool off

Poetry of the moment

Jon King of Gang Four at Joe's Field

Gail Greenwood of Gang of Four

Jon King

The crowd packs into Joe's Field

Spectators at the show

Not everyone was into the music

Concertgoers queue to see James Turrell's 'C.A.V.U.' during a pause in music

Billy Bragg joins Wilco to perform 'Mermaid Avenue'

Joe's Field is illuminated during Wilco's set

Ting Ting dumplings, a staple of Solid Sound

Spectators listen to Wilco

Lickety Split closes for the night

Lickety Split closes for the night

Performer with L'Rain

L'Rain takes the stage

L'Rain

L'Rain

L'Rain

L'Rain closes out the evening