Letter: Letter Writer Has Confidence in Restaurant Architect

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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

 

 

 

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Busy Road Project Summer for North Adams

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city is going to have a very busy road project summer. 
 
Mayor Jennifer Macksey updated the Finance Committee on Tuesday about some of the work being planned, including Berkshire Gas' plans to replace pipes along West Main Street. 
 
"We're working with Berkshire Gas on our project for West Main Street," she said. "The gas company to be laying new gas lines, which is going to be a disaster, from Brayton Hill to Brown Street. 
 
"However, we received a grant to pave after they're done, from Notch Road all the way up to Ed's Variety (on Union Street). We haven't really announced it yet, because we've been waiting for the state to say we're ready to do it."
 
The mayor said it's something of a shell game with Berkshire Gas on what lines they have to repair, how it impacts the neighborhoods, and following behind them. 
 
The city meets with utility a couple times a year to map out their strategies because they have a threshold that they have to get to by a certain date, she said. 
 
"I don't really care about what they have to do. I just want to know that we're going to have quality streets when they're done," Macksey said. "But the paving for Route 2, from Notch Road, basically the Ed's Variety to the five roads is going to be cool. Construction will be crazy, but it will be cool."
 
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