Leon J. Podles

My church is finishing rebuilding 1850 rowhouses as part of a restoration product for the whole complex. I have enjoyed working with the contactors and artisans. But there are so few artisans these days, from plasterers to decorative painters. They can make a good living, but shop and apprenticeships have  largely disappeared. Everyone needs to go to college and learn – well, learn what?

A vaster p