April 19, 2024
Tag: Fruness Library University of Pennsylvania
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Frank Furness, Philadelphian
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Walking into a building for the first time seldom prompts the question, who was the architect? Names like Wright, van der Rohe, Gropius, Pei and Fuller come to mind, but Furness? – not so much. Frank Furness isn’t well known beyond his home town of Philadelphia, but his forty year career brought over six-hundred homes,…
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August 8, 2021 2 Comments
Today, children of all ages have handheld games that buzz, chirp, bong, or chime. Some even speak in several languages. The games are user friendly. Press a button and the game tells the user how to play, what to do, and if the instruction is followed . . . well, sorry, I don’t know what happens. It’s not school, there is no teacher to say, “Good job, Joey.”