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Patron Derides Gehry's University Circle Brainstorm

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: College Town Life
18 November 2004 - 6:00am

At a dinner held by Cleveland's University Circle, Inc., a potential patron launced an unexpected 15-minute critique.

"You asked for it," Peter Lewis said, moments after he was introduced as the featured speaker at University Circle Inc.'s annual meeting." The insurance mogul went on to citicize the falilure of groups working on implementing the University Circle vision "to generate activity and street life somewhere near the university". Plan developers had hoped Lewis would announce a major gift in support of the project.

Full Story: Peter Lewis unhappy with University Circle
Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 17, 2004
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