Law Practice
Jun. 10, 2017
A marvelous, artless new courthouse
San Diego's brand new state courthouse cost $555 million to build. It juts 22 stories and 396 feet above Columbia Street downtown. By all accounts, it is an architectural marvel. One problem: No public art except for a stained glass window.
Dan Lawton
Partner
Klinedinst PC in San Diego
501 W Broadway #1100
San Diego , CA 92101
Phone: (619) 400-8000
Email: dlawton@klinedinstlaw.com
Georgetown Univ Law Center
The views expressed here are his own.
"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one." - Stella Adler
Last week I imagined someone visiting my office and asking me where he could go to watch life doing some beating-down and soul-crushing. I point out the window, across the street to the nearby federal and state courthouses. "Go find yourself a courtroom, and sit in there awhile," I say. "You can watch ordinary citizens losing their freedom, their children, their marriages, and their fortunes ...
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