So far, I must agree with this assessment.
Andy
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"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our
monied corporations which dare already to challenge our
government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the
laws of the country."
--- Thomas Jefferson,1816
> From: "Paul Lohman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:23:04 -0600
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Mpls] Guthrie Theater skyway-to-nowhere
>
> Subject: [Mpls] Guthrie Theater skyway-to-nowhere
>
> Mark Wilde Wrote:
>> Does anyone dislike this feature of the proposed
>> design as much as me? I think it stinks. It's an
>> example of an architect getting paid too much money
>> and having too much time on his hands.
>
> Actually for me the skyway is the MOST interesting thing about the
> building. It's the one thing that makes it distinctive. The rest of it
> leaves me cold and is just a bunch of windowless boxes - reminds me of the
> warehouse behind Sears on Lake Street.
>
> I think the skyway also "connects" the building to the river. There will
> be fabulous views.
>
>> What's the annual average income of people who donated
>> money to the Guthrie? What percentage of them have
>> been homeless?
>
> This clearly is a separate issue and has nothing to do with the design of
> the building. And the fact that we have a housing crisis in the city I
> hope doesn't mean that we're going to build boring, innocuous buildings.
>
>> And more important, how many of them
>> are going to want to walk across the hall to look at
>> the skyline of Northeast Minneapolis?
>
> A lot, I think. The river view is quite spectacular.
>
>> I don't think the image of "going nowhere" is one we want to
>> project to outside visitors.
>
> This might be a philosophical discussion, but.... If one buys into your
> "going nowhere" description (which I don't), the question becomes, "why
> does it have to go anywhere?" Why can't we be content with where we are or
> with our destination?
>
> Paul Lohman
> Lynnhurst
>
> PS: I loved my friend Lee Blaske's Letter to the Editor in the Strib in
> which he likened it to Mpls sticking out its tongue at St. Paul. Ah, the
> architectural manifestations of sibling rivalry.
> Paul Lohman
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