Balsa shoddy plywood. Break wind? At least the elevator shaft is built to last.

Buildings built hundreds of years ago, in it for the long haul.

Buildings being built for the life of a TIF subsidy. A decade of "luxury" -- and then what?

A street paved to last six months. But it sure looked good just before the 2015 election.

Paging Mayor Shoddy ... try stealing your ideas from the Old Town, not the 1986 Soviet rabbit hutch.