| this we like, should have more awards for
| infrastructure-and-architecture projects, and
| in places where design does matter.

He recalled that back then, as he sketched out renovation plans for
locker rooms, he had said to himself: “Where is my career going to go?
What am I doing here?”

Twenty-five years later, Mr. Friedlander, 50, is still at the Sanitation
Department. The work turned out to be more interesting than he had
anticipated, and he was promoted from assistant architect through other
jobs to project manager, then ultimately to director of special projects.

Tonight he is to receive a special award from the city’s Art Commission
“for the quality of design that he consistently brings to the Department
of Sanitation’s capital projects.”

cont'd....
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/arts/design/17awar.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin