About James S. Russell Most of my writing years have been rewardingly spent at Architectural Record magazine, which addresses itself primarily to professionals but which has, by some strange alchemy, affected the public discourse on architecture for an eternity (at least in publishing terms—it was started in 1891). I continue to write for Record as a quasi-outsider (title: editor at large), which permits me to contribute to numerous other publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Harvard Design Magazine, BusinessWeek, and Details. As a registered architect, I may legally inflict buildings on the landscape, but I generally refrain from doing so. I did practice for over a decade with firms in New York, Philadelphia and Seattle, but I began writing full time when faxes represented advanced communications technology. I struggle to find time for my book, After Suburbia: A Place to Live in the 21st Century(thank you NYSCA). Luckily Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning & Preservation permits me to test ideas out on students.