I was lucky enough to have a doctor’s appointment scheduled today for the new Bon Secours Heart Center building at Forest and Glenside. You know the one that towers over my neighborhood, Charles Glen. I got to take a sneak peek at the monster of a building that they’ve been working on for over a year. I am happy to say that while I couldn’t see my house from the 3rd floor, I did see my many neighbor’s houses, even those on my street.
When my dermatologist sent out a letter saying they were opening in the new building on May 5th, I was surprised because the building is still under construction.
The amount of glass that they used on the building makes for impressive views all around, of Glenside, Forest, and both the Fort Hill and Charles Glen neighborhoods. And despite the fact that I hate that the building is there at all, and it has made some of my neighbors move, I think they’ve done a good job with trying to make it look nice. Well, except that they need to provide a lot more landscape screening for our neighborhood. Actually, some of the houses in on Cornell Avenue feel like they are right in the parking lot of the new building.
There is a fountain on the Glenside/Forest side and also a large circular fountain on the side that faces the neighborhood as well. Inside, they’ve chosen mostly earth-tone colors and lots of marble. Photos are coming.