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Arthur Cotton Moore on the Metro and one of his pro bono publico ideas ~\n\n"I'm talking about the homeless because it's a big issue in Washington, and they [Metro] have these cars that they're now throwing away. The 4000 series because they don't have the right propulsion . . .the cars are being thrown away . . . they're paying a salvage company in Baltimore 1.3 million dollars to chop them up. So, they have really negative 1.3 million dollars. I did a drawing, and that's in the book, on how they would make two very nice one-bedroom apartments."\n\nArthur Cotton Moore - Architect, Master Planner, Author - Washington DC, in studio interview with Andy Ockershausen\n\nAndy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen, and I'm just so grateful today to have an opportunity to talk to a man who is ... I don't want to say he's an icon, because he's too active.\nHe is a very important part of Our Town. He helped build it. Arthur Cotton Moore was a graduate of Princeton University. He grew up in the city. In fact, he's sixth generation. He's known as all the buildings he's put together, all the things he's done.\n He has been an architect for over six decades. As an owner of the Chloethiel Smith firm, he has excelled in such phenomenal projects as his book in which he wrote, "Here is a man with so many accomplishments." It's hard to believe that one person can do this much, but he's done it. And he's such an important part of Our Town. What he has done is unbelievable. And Arthur this is your capital and our nation's capital, but it's Our Town. Welcome to Our Town, Arthur Cotton Moore.\n Arthur Cotton Moore: Well thank you very much. I'm very happy to be here.\n Andy Ockershausen: We know you so well and have watched you. I say we. That's a collective "we". What you have done for Our Town is unbelievable and some of your projects. But the basic part I remember about you, you always look ... When I wanted somebody to be an architect, I'd call central casting and if I did they'd send Arthur Cotton Moore. He looks like an architect, am I right? He walks, he talks like it.\n Arthur Cotton Moore: I didn't bring my T-square.\n Andy Ockershausen: When I grew up, first in broadcasting in the community, Bud Doggett who you know very well I remember-\n Arthur Cotton Moore: Right.\n Andy Ockershausen: Not with us anymore, but he was very instrumental in getting me involved with the Board of Trade with a man named Leon Chatterley. \n Arthur Cotton Moore: Yes.\n Andy Ockershausen: Do you remember that name?\n Arthur Cotton Moore: Yes I do.\n Andy Ockershausen: And I didn't know he was an architect but he always looked like a million bucks too. He had his own business after a while.\n Arthur Cotton Moore: Right. He did, yeah.\n Andy Ockershausen: I know he passed away but he was a very important part of Our Town.\n Arthur Cotton Moore: Right.\n Andy Ockershausen: But nobody's done what you've done, Arthur. From St. Albans, you Mastered in fine arts and architecture at Princeton. A lot of my people, and I say my people, the Evening Star, own this company, WMAL, and the Star family, almost all of them were Princeton graduates. They grew up ... the Kauffmanns and the Noyes and so forth. \n Arthur Cotton Moore: I didn't know that.\n Andy Ockershausen: Big part of Our Town, the newspaper people.\n Arthur Cotton Moore: Yes, indeed. Yes, I remember The Evening Star was the paper for a long time, and then Times Herald was a scandal sheet, and then it morphed into the Post.\n Andy Ockershausen: It's so wonderful that you remember that the demise of The Star was caused mostly by television because the afternoon delivery became impossible,