Beloved friends and neighbors: Inga Saffron wrote an article in the Inquirer berating the architectural design of Penn's new Perelman Cancer Center across from CHOP. One of the reader comments -- as follows -- could well have been written about our own monstrous consequence of Penn's lack of architectural sensitivity.
Inga Saffron is an architecture critic, and what she has done is appropriately critiqued the style of this building, not its internal qualifications as a treatment center. Pandering for sympathy is not going to change the fact that architecturally, this building doesn't do its job. Yes, hospitals have to accommodate vehicles, but in a city any building has a responsibility to do its part relating to its surroundings. This building may do its job as a hospital, but it completely ignores its surroundings and the city, and pays only attention to its insular purpose. As architecture it has failed. Al Krigman reminding you that you read it first, here, on the popu-list **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)
