I have read and admired Robert Campbell’s architectural reviews for decades, but I am disappointed that his review of Millennium Tower (“A gleaming newcomer that fits right in,’’ Page A1, July 24) fails to note that Boston has added another monument to exclusivity and opulence, especially as the Globe reports that developers see no profit in building new housing for working people (“Workforce housing a tough sell,’’ Business).

Urban centers used to be a place where people from all walks of life could come together, if only to bump into each other on the streets. It was called a community and was previously an element Campbell advocated for in his writing.

No matter how architecturally classy Millennium Tower is, it is not for everyone. Rather, it’s for the privileged, and the privileged only, who, as working people get priced out of the city, will soon be the only ones strolling and utilizing those “good streets’’ Campbell celebrates.

A residential shrine to the new Gilded Age now dominates Downtown Crossing. So much for creating possibilities for a diverse community in our urban center.

Steve Moniak

Cambridge