Before they tacked on the Wing thing...my first impression of the New Central Palace was that the structure lacked imagination, with the exception of the parking ramp that's off to an angle it looks pretty much like the old library supersized!
Yes, the stone comes from a Minnesota quarry, and the glass has a definite water theme and they've used C.A.P. Turner columns... Even though the Wing is not finished yet, I doubt that gilding it over with shiny galvanised metal (why not use gold leaf?) and adding supports to it will make it less of a blight on the atmosphere or less of a symbol of excess and waste. Although Cesar Pelli has designed office towers and banks, he has never designed a library. But Cesar Pelli does have offices in New York and Connecticut and he is very urbane, charming, sophisticated and Argentinian/European. A runner up in the library design competition, Jeff Scherer, of Meyer, Scherer and Rockcastle, worked on the Stillwater Public Library, the St. Paul Public Library, the Hosmer Library, the Detroit Lakes Public Library and others around the country and has won awards for it ... but gosh darnit he just wasn't European enough. Scherer actually lives in Minnesota and his office is in only in the Mill City Museum, (which his firm restored)...what a hick! Madeline Douglass Kingfield REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
