In 1986, an Architecture Critic Roasted Austin’s ‘Pompous’ Skyline

Are you old enough to remember when people cared about Newsweek? If so, you might also recall January 1986, when the magazine's late arts and architecture critic Douglas Davis called Austin's newly-booming skyline part of a "riot of wretched excess" breaking out across cities worldwide. The culprit? patron to get the full story and gain access to TOWERS' archive. (Sign-in)