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Adding another eyesore

In response to: The Gehry that landed on Ivy Lane

Published on November 5, 2008

Is no one willing to say that Frank Gehry’s architecture is intrinsically odious and that, in juxtaposition to Princeton’s Gothic theme, it is particularly hideous? I visit the campus infrequently these days and, when I do, I am struck by the awful accumulation of truly ugly buildings that have been erected in the past 40 years. The Gehry-designed Lewis Library simply adds another eyesore to the list.
 

Clinton W. Kemp ’71
Lancaster, Pa.

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Richard C. Kreutzberg '59 Says:

2008-12-29 13:25:31

Clinton could not be more correct. Gehry's Lewis Library is truly ghastly. As good a sign as any that the country is heading down the drain artistically and every other way. In years to come they will say, "What were they thinking?" Answer - They were not.
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