Architect With A Vision And 3 Pairs Of Glasses

Architect Rafael Viñoly designed the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia and lead the "Think Team" that designed a proposal for Ground Zero.

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January 24, 2003, 8:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Mr. Viñoly, 58 and stoked by black coffee even at sundown, is a black-clad wraith with a madcap nimbus of silvery hair that serves as a nest for one of the three pairs of eyeglasses he keeps tethered to his neck at all times. This is no affectation: this is a security blanket. He gets hysterical if he loses his glasses. Architects, he says, are only as good as their vision. And his vision is all over New York City."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: A Visionary of the Skyline, With 3 Pairs of Glasses

Friday, January 24, 2003 in The New York Times

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