April 12, 2026
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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September 1, 2024 6 Comments
Harry Spencer retired in 1973. He was 73 years old, but just a few months before, he had seen a dream come true and no longer felt a need to work. His story is not funny or sad, nor is it poignant or emotional. His story is that of an old man who worked to […]