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Old Posted Feb 9, 2019, 12:09 AM
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I like Jayfar's comment under the article:
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Ha ha. definitely not a compliment.
I wouldn't say it's a compliment or not – I'm actually a sometime fan of the esteemed architect – but Cecil's ubiquity gave rise to that as my go-to snark comment every time his name comes up attached to a project, "It's a Cecil Baker design. Because of course it is."

BTW, Jake Blumgart pointed out in another forum that Tuesday was Cecil Baker's last day as a member of the Civic Design Review Board. He also posted a link to a 2016 PlanPhilly profile of Baker by Jared Brey:

Finding the form with Cecil Baker | PlanPhilly.com
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