water, sewer, etc., and to pull away that growth into growth which is in other districts such as lincoln hill, etc. and that sewer water capacity is part of that. and i assume it underlying your thoughts about the public realm and like to repeat my point on your slide about public realm, open space, and i believe any open space, which is huge, can only be fully realized by the citizens if it is sun light protected. it doesn't work when it is cold and windy, particularly at this time of year and when it is cold in the morning and watch downtown when people walk and they go to the area where it's sunny and squeeze themselves en masse on that side of the street. i think the living pattern of the city shows what's needed and i greatly appreciate you find a way tracking that as a design element and appreciates if you would do that. and otherwise, a great idea to expand the conservation district and i would be interested to see how it affects our discussion about the museum of modern art expansion right in the block behind it and that the two projects will talk to each other and a lot of investment

hill? our next guest is the author of "team of rivals: the political genius of abraham lincoln."od to talk to you. thanks so much for being here. i think about president lincoln and the time when he was running the show, and we had a civil war. so as bad as it is now, it can't be the worst that it's ever been. >> no, you're right. i suppose it's small comfort to remember the 1850s when a southern congressman used a heavy cane to hit a northern senator so badly over the head that he was out of work for three years, and more importantly, the southern congressman was lionized in the south and considered a murderer in the north. and maybe there's small comfort in remembering that in 1968 when there were riots in the streets and anti-war demonstrators and congress was stuck between not wanting a war and wanting a war, a french advertising agency for travel said come see america while it lasts. [laughter] so it's not as bad as those things, but it's the worst in a generation, in my judgment. the terrible polarization, the ideological name calling, the inability to get anything done eve