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Changing Skyline: Mediocrity and a masterpiece

The first time that developer David Blumenfeld proposed an apartment house for the strip of land behind the Rodin Museum, he was practically laughed out of the Art Commission. His renderings showed a bland six-story building rising up like a wave behind the tiny classical temple, ready to swallow the Paul Cret masterpiece in its glassy maw.

View of the gardens behind the Rodin Museum. A proposed apartment building would share a sliver of land with the museum. Barton Partners
View of the gardens behind the Rodin Museum. A proposed apartment building would share a sliver of land with the museum. Barton PartnersRead more
    by By Inga Saffron, Inquirer Architecture Critic
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