[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1719-E1720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      TRIBUTE TO CESAR PELLI FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 15, 1998

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand before you today to 
honor a citizen of Connecticut who has graced the New Haven area and 
the world with his architectural achievements. Over his long and 
illustrious career, Cesar Pelli has literally changed the landscape of 
our cities and our nation with his socially responsive and uplifting 
designs.
  Anyone who has flown into the new terminal designed by Cesar Pelli 
for the Washington National Airport can appreciate the genius of 
Pelli's designs: his belief that each building should be shaped by its 
location and purpose; his sense of space, light and harmony; and his 
commitment to creating gracious, accessible buildings which facilitate 
public use, enjoyment, and interaction. Each of Pelli's designs 
complements and emerges from the existing cityscape, yet transcends and 
elevates the surrounding structures. His architectural projects across 
the world serve diverse purposes and peoples, including the Pacific 
Design Center in Los Angeles, the United States

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Embassy in Japan, the Commons of Columbus in Columbus, Indiana, the New 
York World Financial Center and Winter Garden, the More and Stiles 
Colleges at Yale University, the International Finance Center under 
construction in Hong Kong, and the renovation of the New York City 
Museum of Modern Art.
  New Haven has been fortunate to have Cesar Pelli call it home since 
1977, when he became the Dean of the Yale University School of 
Architecture. It is fitting that tonight in New Haven, Mr. Pelli is 
being honored at Casa Otonal, the residential community for the elderly 
whose inner city campus of workshops, residences, and on-site services 
and intergenerational programs, was designed by Cesar Pelli twenty-two 
years ago. Pelli's campus fosters a sense of community among residents 
and the surrounding inner city neighborhood, reaffirming Casa Otonal's 
mission and enhancing its success. It is this commitment to city 
landscape and life which has earned Mr. Pelli more than 100 awards for 
design excellence, including the American Institute of Architects 1995 
Gold Medal for a lifetime of distinguished achievement and outstanding 
contributions.
  Cesar Pelli, we thank you for your commitment and contribution to our 
cities and to urban life. It is my great honor and privilege to join 
with the residents and staff of Casa Otonal, and with your family and 
friends, to pay tribute to your remarkable achievements.

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