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Person Place Thing
Person Place Thing

Principal at GLUCK+ Thomas Gluck and executive director of the WHIN Music Community Charter School Charlie Ortiz

By Tina Renick
Published July 5, 2024 at 10:30 PM EDT
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An architect’s client is not just a customer, not quite a colleague. Theirs is a curious collaboration, one gracefully navigated by the head of GLUCK+, Thomas Gluck and the executive director of the WHIN Music Community Charter School, Charlie Ortiz, and they’ve got a fine new building to show for it.

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