I just returned from a week in Portland. Like here, apartment construction is running rampant.
The difference there is that they have a variety of interesting, creative architectural designs (not just boxes with notches and extended roofs) and a color palette that extends beyond ecru, bone, sand and ivory. It seems our new construction is in keeping with our generic blue-eyed-blond motif.
Scott Perry, Salt Lake City
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