PHILLY LOVE NOTES: Fisher Fine Arts Library @ UPenn

A love note to the grand Frank Furness-designed, mosaic-window-clad library on UPenn's campus.

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PHILLY LOVE NOTES: Fisher Fine Arts Library @ UPenn

POSTED: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 10:00 AM

Every two weeks, Critical Mass will feature one Philly love note in its collaboration with blogger Emma Fried-Cassorla of phillylovenotes.com. These shorts will extol the virtues of the city as voiced by its residents. It will seek to remind readers that we live in a beautiful city full of beloved nooks and crannies.

LOVE NOTE RECIPIENT: Fisher Fine Arts Library on UPenn’s campus (220 S. 34th St.)

I AM: A scientist, student, foodie and, now, blogger

MY LOVE NOTE: Dear Fisher Fine Arts Library,

I love your grand Frank Furness-designed building, your leaded-glass mosaic windows, the over-the-top ornate spiral staircase and the catwalk in the center of the room where graduate students, in their private carols, have squirreled away books related to their super-esoteric dissertation topics. I love that studying in your four-story brick-and-terra-cotta reading room makes me feel smarter, more worldly and completely contented. But mostly, I love that this type of grandeur exists in my city

Love, Emma

Have a favorite spot you'd like to submit a love note to? Contact the author at phillylovenotes@gmail.com.

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