tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post3572425901446679213..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Renzo Piano's 615 foot long extractor - er, "Bridgeway" - begins construction in Millennium ParkLynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-18476086741716537422007-10-25T12:52:00.000-05:002007-10-25T12:52:00.000-05:00I would go even further and say that an architect ...I would go even further and say that an architect with a major project in Chicago is tantamount to the notoriety a fashion designer gets showing a collection in Madrid or Milan. It may not be as showy as New York or Paris, but very close. Chicago is still a relatively broad canvas of contemporary architecture. When flashes of brilliance stand out, people take note.<BR/><BR/>And anonymous, I think 3000 is about right, although it'll be a fabulous place to stop and take pictures from. There’s a picture of it in the Art Institute of Chicago’s current Members’ newsletter.<BR/><BR/>I've said it a few times: that whole Piano addition is nothing more than space redistribution of moving current departments from one area to another. The leftover space will be turned into storage and not left as exhibition space. A third of the square footage of the addition of the addition is nothing but classrooms and support space. If it turns out that the addition is just pretty new space with the same art already on view, I want credit for stating it here first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-53551507215005904932007-10-20T09:22:00.000-05:002007-10-20T09:22:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556828602499771917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-28615909372668783342007-10-18T17:56:00.000-05:002007-10-18T17:56:00.000-05:00FYI: The new Monroe Street door will be mainly for...FYI: The new Monroe Street door will be mainly for school groups. The lions still guard what will be the main door.<BR/><BR/>I hope the press remembers the prediction about the extra 300K visitors. The explanation in 2010 for why it was only 3,000 will be interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-78748914189712049012007-10-18T12:16:00.000-05:002007-10-18T12:16:00.000-05:00To build in Chicago is to be compared to Mies. [or...To build in Chicago <B>is</B> to be compared to Mies. [or, at least it is inevitable that someone will contrive the comparison] Not that I agree, but true nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-26233137725794693492007-10-18T11:45:00.000-05:002007-10-18T11:45:00.000-05:00I have had little success in finding more informat...I have had little success in finding more information regarding this bridge... I would love to see plans and more illistrations of it. Do you have any suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-32517988377096503272007-10-18T09:20:00.000-05:002007-10-18T09:20:00.000-05:00Nothing Renzo Piano does should ever, EVER be desc...Nothing Renzo Piano does should ever, EVER be described as Miesian--I for one am deeply offended. Magic f'ing carpet--Mies must be rolling in his grave. I have to say I hate when architects decentralize a museum's entrance. I still remeber with great dissapointment a field trip when I was little and going into the musuem through the back door and not being allowed to go out and see the lions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com