Author: Patrick Bredehoft
To have dragons one must have change; that is the first principle of dragon lore.
~Loren Eiseley
Penn’s campus (and West Philly in general) has been awash with change lately. This weekend, the winter’s endless snowstorms gave way to a flood of sunshine, and alongside the swollen banks of the Schuylkill, the renewed clamor of construction projects was suddenly everywhere. And it’s not just the ever-growing River Walk—the Cira South building is slowly rising over Chestnut Street, and across Penn Park, Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine is getting a brand new student facility.
Closer to campus, other construction projects abound. The wholly-renovated ARCH building is gorgeous, and almost as beautiful as the removal of the ARCH construction boardwalks that forced pedestrians onto one another’s heels as they tried to cut through campus at 36th Street for the past several months. Hill Field has vanished behind the high construction fences that don’t yet offer a peek at the development of Penn’s newest residential house for undergrads. Plans are in the works on the Perry World House for international initiatives, alongside a host of other projects that promise a long summer of construction cacophony.
As for the dragons, we’ll have to wait and see—fresh snow is predicted for tomorrow…
Frankly Penn 