February 12

The presentations today were very interesting. I especially liked Steve’s presentation on the pictures of his neighborhood. I thought that it was really interesting that there were so many restrictions for one neighborhood. I guess when you think about the reputation of Carmel it fits, but it is ridiculous when you really stop and think about it. My neighborhood has a few limitations, but eight pages seems extremely harsh for one neighborhood. There were two pictures of the clock towers in Carmel. I had never really thought about how pretentious the clock towers were, but once Marta explained her thoughts on it; it was amazing how pretentious that park in Carmel really is. The overall theme of the presentations today seemed to be that Carmel is extremely pretentious and that they spend a ton of money to make things look old in the arts and design district.