It is with regret that my husband, Robert Hugh Ross, retired architect, and I find ourselves so disturbed by the design of the new Burien city hall, library and building to be on the Gottschalk property.

They each have a harsh look of say - a building in an industrial city like Detroit. We have in our present library a truly Northwest look - so well designed and comfortable looking. So appropriate for our city.

Certainly the above mentioned building could have had the same comfortable look and add so much to our city.

While it is no doubt too late to change any of this, it is a lost opportunity for Burien. To say nothing of the multi-million dollar expense gone bad. A real tragedy.

Charlotte E. Ross

Seahurst