The first time architect Hagy Belzberg visited City of Hope (CoH), a biomedical research and treatment center for cancer and other life-threatening diseases, he was drawn to four young “Wishing Trees,” fluttering with colorful paper rectangles. Each of those tags, strung from the branches like tiny prayer flags, carried a thought, a hope, a message from a patient, a family member, or a friend. “It moved me profoundly,” recalls Belzberg of the borrowed Japanese tradition that began here three years ago and quickly blossomed.
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