You don’t ask a question to which you don’t know the answer.

I learned that in law school.

Nowadays, you don’t ask a question to which Google doesn’t know the answer.

But you have to ask the right question.

The deplorable conditions of the living quarters for people who work and live on the backstretch of the Maryland race tracks owned by the Stronach Group has come to light recently.

I remembered that Jim Rouse, the developer of Columbia and Harborplace, had been involved in building these living quarters a while ago.

However, I didn’t know the name of the builder for the project. For Google to know the answer, I would need to know the builder’s name.

So I spoke with a housing activist, hoping that his memory would be better than mine.

It was. Jim Ryan was the builder.

Nearly 30 years ago, he was instrumental in building new facilities.

They haven’t received much attention since.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1992/10/21/after-backstretch-charity-ryan-back-in-owners-box/f50e77f0-fd1a-42b5-926d-75b8cc528576/?utm_term=.a3254c4b3921