I.M. Pei transformed the cities of Philadelphia and Paris over the course of seven decades one brick, one glass pane at a time. Here's how.
Looking at the skyline of Philadelphia now, it's hard to imagine how different it was more than 60 years ago.
Kelley actually resides in one of the townhomes that Pei constructed in Society Hill which is considered an urban renewal success story."These are 27 townhouses built around this courtyard. And I think it's so rare in a bustling city to have a quiet space like this to live in, but this is so quiet and nice," Kelley said as he showed us his home.
The French criticism of the planned pyramid filled newspapers with questions about the shape, some comparing it to Disneyland and the public being perplexed.
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