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by design states will decide when to reopen despite trump’s desires. covid-19.

by design states will decide when to reopen despite trump’s desires. covid-19.

Mar 28, 2020

above > chicago mayor lori lightfoot and illinois governor j.b. pritzker team up. lightfoot warns residents to expect the statewide stay-at-home order to extend ‘deep into april’ / ap photo

illinois is one of many states taking control of keeping their citizens safe. constantly in national news, pritzker and lightfoot have turned out to be outspoken leaders in person and on twitter. president donald trump takes heed, as he does with new york governor andrew cuomo and califormia governor gavin newsom. along with lightfoot, another strong mayor is san francisco’s london breed.

above > 13 december 2018 / governor-elect j.b. pritzker, center, talks with president donald trump during a meeting with newly elected governors in the cabinet room of the white house. gubernatorial fashion in illinois gets a lot of attention. during his first six weeks in office, pritzker’s appointment calendar includes 70 “attire” recommendations for events as varied as bill signings, a state police officer’s funeral, a white house dinner, surveying flood damage, and cocktails with legislators at the illinois governor’s mansion / ap photo/evan vucci

president donald trump has the biggest megaphone, but it’s governors and local officials who will decide when to begin reopening their economies after shuttering them to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. the constitution largely gives states the authority to regulate their own affairs.

trump has set easter, 12 april, as a goal for reopening the u.s. economy, though he also has said he will be guided by his public health experts. unless americans continue to dramatically limit social interaction by staying home from work and isolating themselves, the number of infections will overwhelm the health care system, many health experts have warned.

some questions and answers about the legal authority for shutting and reopening the u.s. economy.

q > does the president have the authority to override state and local orders?

a > no. under our constitutional system, states have the power and responsibility for maintaining public order and safety. as we’ve seen since the outbreak began, decisions about limiting social interactions by ordering people to shelter in place, closing businesses and shutting schools are being made by governors and local officials. those same officials will make the call about when to ease up, no matter the vehemence of trump’s exhortation to have businesses “opened up and just raring to go by easter.” trump’s comments “are just advisory,” said john malcolm of the heritage foundation.

maryland governor larry hogan, has ordered all nonessential businesses and schools to close, and he said thursday on twitter that he does not see a quick end to the restrictions. “this battle is going to be much harder, take much longer, and be much worse than almost anyone comprehends. we have never faced anything like this ever before, and i continue to urge the people of our state to stay in place at home and stay safe,” hogan wrote.

q > but the president has set a 15-day period in which all americans are being urged to drastically scale back their public activities. doesn’t that amount to a national order?

a > no. the guidelines are voluntary, and they underscore the limits on trump’s powers. he can use daily briefings and his twitter account to try to shape public opinion, and he has not been reluctant to do so. “when donald trump selects a narrative and begins to advance it, especially through his twitter account, it has a remarkable effect on those who trust him. the more the president speaks against more robust forms of social distancing (such as shelter-in-place rules), the more noncompliance we are likely to see on the ground level from citizens sympathetic to the president,” robert chesney, a university of texas law professor wrote on the lawfare blog.

q > still, trump has invoked some federal laws to address the virus outbreak, hasn’t he?

a > yes, he has. the stafford act allows the expenditure of tens of billions of dollars in emergency assistance. the defense production act allows the president to direct private companies to produce goods or acquire raw materials. trump has yet to actually order companies to do anything, over the objection of some local officials who have a desperate need for ventilators, masks and other equipment. but trump can only assert powers that congress has specifically given him. “there are real limits on the president and the federal government when it comes to domestic affairs,” berkeley law professor john yoo said on a recent federalist society conference call. at the same time, the federal government has the power, under laws aimed at preventing the spread of communicable diseases, to quarantine people when they arrive in the united states and travel between states.

q > is it clear that state and local governments have authority to impose the severe restrictions we’ve seen?

a > lawsuits already are challenging state actions on religious grounds and as seizures of property for which the government must pay compensation. but for more than 100 years, the supreme court has upheld states’ robust use of their authority, even when it restricts people’s freedoms. in 1905, the court rejected a massachusetts pastor’s complaint that he should not be forced to get a smallpox vaccine or pay a fine, malcolm noted.

[ chicago tribune / by mark sherman / associated press ]

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trump tower chicago’s new provocative signage is now national news unfortunately.

trump tower chicago’s new provocative signage is now national news unfortunately.

Jun 24, 2014

above> alex garcia tribune photo

Donald Trump is a lightning rod. Now Trump has made Adrian Smith‘s, architect at Chicago’s SOM, emblematic Trump Tower Chicago a lighting rod. The issue went public three weeks ago when Chicago Tribune architecture critic, Blair Kamin, architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune, jumped all over evidence of new signage in-the-making. Trump responds and it went back and forth prompting mayor, Rahm Emanuel to weigh in, “a tastelss sign”. Trump finds a need to say, ‘I love chicago…and my sign ‘. These happenings now national news, Jon Stewart can’t contain his get-real sentiment either.

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above> about the time kamin went public

Let me weigh in from my own experience with this building and two others regarding signage. In 2002, when Trump was looking for marketing proposals I was asked to create a concept for @Properties. The concept: Create two books, a graphic coffee table piece and one with strategies and numbers. @Properties was wildly successful though a very new company. A humongous building in their portfolio would not be a bad thing. The thrust of the concept was jumping into the future, as if @Properties had already won the Trump Tower job. @Properties deftly pitched it but didn’t get the job. Solace was achieved by Trump’s marketing team loving the creativity and boldness of the pitch, it was one of the best. We walked feeling we won and thinking Trump hired a great architect and they would not mess up.

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above> trump tower from river walk | image courtesy som / click to enlarge all images on this post

An uh oh moment occurred at the time Santiago Calatrava‘s brilliant and ambitious Spire was looking like it might happen. Under construction at this time, Trump’s building was looking good too. Also at this time, The Spire began placing beautiful marketing signs along both north and south Michigan Avenue. Really understated, as elegant as the building. But then, more signs popped up, freshly mounted in the sidewalks. 10 large bullet-points… Trump Tower is coming.

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above> trump tower sw/nw elevations | image courtesy som

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above> trump tower ground plan | image courtesy som

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above> trump tower abstract rendering | image courtesy som

Trump Tower’s new signage comes as no surprise, though very disappointing that someone, didn’t feel the collaboration between Trump and Smith created a magnum opus capable of saying all the right things on its own. The building’s design calls out for more than all cap fatso letters that seem slapped on the facade. Recently faced with the dilemma of marketing their new State Street store and respect Louis Sullivan‘s building Target figured it out by placing all messaging inside the structure and not on it.

Not many know this story about the John Hancock Center. In 1969, three years prior to my arrival as a designer at The Design Partnership‘s signage partner Mabrey/Kaiser, Bud Mabrey with the help of SOM’s Bruce Graham, the designer of JHC, persuaded John Hancock Insurance to eschew any signage, that a brightly lit observation deck would be all the identity that this building needed. [ interesting jhc tidbits ]

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above> bruce graham’s john hancock center | 1969

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In 1973, again Bud Mabrey and again with the help of the architect, Graham Anderson Probst and White, enticed CNA Financial Corporation to paint their building red. The concept, the red design was used to depict the sun setting over the ocean as illustrated by the red imagery to the west of Lake Michigan. And again, no building identification signage except on the plaza. A sign was eventually added more than 20 years later.

Now the CNA building really has no business being in this conversation, too short, a non-existent brand image, but it does belong with the Hancock Center in the big concept arena. Big concepts don’t mean success and huge concepts go so unnoticed because they may be very open to interpretation. It may take someone next to you to set you straight. But you gotta love their conception, the pitch and execution. I would have praised Trump if he had topped the building with a ‘big concept’ oversized toupée instead.

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above> developer’s proposal for 300 north michigan avenue

Times Square. The above image surfaced late last year for 300 north Michigan avenue, which is SOUTH of the river and not the Mag Mile. This stretch is becoming known as the Millennium Mile. Yes, a Times Square style will make its way to Chicago. Only if it’s very profitable for the city though. Guessing State Street not Mag Mile suits this format best. Mag Mile is our Madison Avenue. Confident Rahm Emanuel will support the right thing [ Chicago places ads on really public spaces ]

Michael Bierut, Pentagram partner and DesignObserver co-founder said this, “What’s interesting about Times Square is that there are special signage regulations that ensure that every new building has to have big signs on it. They were put in place in the late 80s when there were proposals to replace the older buildings with new (and boring) corporate buildings. Now there are a lot of new skyscrapers there but they are covered with flashing signs. Trivia point: Tibor Kalman helped develop the standards, working with architect Robert A.M. Stern.”

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Scottish links clubhouse trumps trump's toupee.

Oct 3, 2011

unveiled scottish clubhouse plan by trump lands in bunker so to speak. via daily record [nonni]

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