Patron Derides Gehry's University Circle Brainstorm

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

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November 18, 2004, 6:00 AM PST

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

"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.

Thanks to College Town Life

FULL STORY: Peter Lewis unhappy with University Circle

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 in The Cleveland Plain Dealer

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