There will be no throwing of stones

Glass walls? Sure, why not? The Urban Design Commission has signed off on a plan to rework 1101 North Broadway, a 1920s Buick dealership, into high-zoot apartments under the name "Chandelier Building" — which, you have to admit, has more pizazz than "National Pawn-A-Car," the last occupant of the building. The developers will add three stories on the back, which is where those glass walls will come in.

The inspiration, says one of the developers, is New York's Hudson Hotel, which, say its owners, represents "the next generation of Cheap Chic — stylish, democratic, affordable, young at heart and utterly cool." Well, okay, if you say so. "Affordable," of course, is in the wallet of the beholder. But I never quarrel with "utterly cool."