Note to Architects: It Can Rain in California

Our readers wrote letters throughout 1992, expressing their viewpoints on a variety of issues. Here are condensed versions of some of those letters to help us remember the events that mattered to Orange County readers this past year. We would like to thank the readers who took the time to share their views, and we look forward to hearing from them and others in 1992.

Having to make several trips to John Wayne Airport in the pouring rain and getting soaked because both the arrival and departure loading areas are open to the elements reminds me of how out of touch with reality some of our California architects are. They, and those who hire them, seem to think it never rains.

Many of our fine, new office buildings boast of “covered parking.” That’s the good news. The bad news is that the parking structure is separated from the building entrance by a few hundred feet of open plaza--usually surfaced with slippery tile or marble.

SCOTT BLAKE

Irvine