Thanks. I always sort of thought so; especially since I couldn¹t Google that story.
On 10/24/08 10:10 PM, "Dave Axler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wilma: > > That story about Irvine's history is an urban legend. It was actually designed > by prominent architect Horace Trumbauer > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Trumbauer), who was also responsible for > the Keswick Theatre, the Public Ledger Building, and campus buildings for > Hahnemann, Jefferson, Duke, Harvard, and the Tyler School of Art. > > And, on a related and timely note: I don't know if they still do it, but it > used to be that every year, around Hallowe'en, the original silent version of > "The Phantom of the Opera" would be shown at Irvine, with accompaniment on the > Curtis Organ. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wilma de Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; UnivCity listserv > <UnivCity@list.purple.com> > Sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 6:41 pm > Subject: Re: [UC] relevance of comment on Inky article critizing the design of > the Perelman Center > > I went there on Sept. 26th for GI because it¹s moved to the 4th floor in the > Perelman Center. > > They have built and named new streets in order to enter the Free Parking > Garage for Patients. (try to find it!) > > It was quiet, not crowded and easy to get through because it¹s not quite > finished. > > Still, it is ugly, forbidding and most certainly not pedestrian friendly as > most of Penn¹s modern buildings. > > Gee, everyone thought Irvine Auditorium was poorly designed, but he forced > them to construct it because he became rich and donated money despite not > making it at Penn¹s School of Architecture. > > I also hate that Lego building at 40th & Chestnut Sts. > > > On 10/24/08 4:21 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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> >> > > > >
