Comment 28374

By frontporcher (anonymous) | Posted January 30, 2009 at 11:50:23

Sorta like those glass & tin veranda enclosures, huh? Another step to suburbanize the downtown core; make it a place folks can say "Wow, we should stop by sometime" as they whiz by looking for reasons not to. Ah well.

I'm old enough to remember that the suspended council chamber was a "wow" factor at the time of building. It projected from the building, rather than being consumed within the structure, to suggest accessibility, openness and all good things democratic. Ah well.

Recent talk was also about the enclosure making the space easier to light. I suspect, technology being what it is these days, $2mil could buy a lot of lighting for the grounds, maybe enough for a wow or two.

$2mil might buy a really grand piece of sculpture. Hamilton's sculpture shy, I think. Much of the AGH's sculpture court is hidden from the street. And I'm wondering where that amusingly chubby businessman is going when they enclose the library forecourt in glass. After that it's immigrants and Jack & Vick in the Gore and off to Mac. (Oh- I've overlooked the best, the workers' memorial at...city hall.) We need something like Chicago's big red steel lobster. Something with heft, in size and reputation, to make Main St. drive-throos cry in their Speculators and out-of-town artsy types cream to visit. That's WOW! but could city council take the heat? Ah well.

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