In a post last week about the Piano addition to the Kimbell, our commenters speculated that the green space at the museum would be sacrificed. Today comes confirmation that that is indeed the plan. Methinks this is gonna get contentious, no?
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Contentious? No doubt about it….and I will be willing to bet that the Kimbell folks will get very defensive…just a hunch though.
@ 10:34 am on November 18, 2008
I give it less than a 25% chance of being done. Their donors are rather proud of that green space.
@ 11:55 am on November 18, 2008
True story – all four times I’ve gone to the Kimball and opted to perambulate in that green space, I’ve stepped it dog excrement.
@ 11:58 am on November 18, 2008
I went to look at the model first hand during lunch…they (the undrepaid and overworked security guards) were not letting the riff-raff anywhere close to the model. Even thought it was out in the open in the area by the front door. Will have to wait until tomorrow.
@ 12:44 pm on November 18, 2008
I think that this one’s a done deal, folks. The lady in charge has spoken, and if the lady says that the building is gonna be built, then they’re gonna build her that building. Our two hundred and fifty bucks a year, if that’s what you mean by donors, Dallasite, doesn’t change that. Its Chinatown.
@ 1:40 pm on November 18, 2008
From the Startlegram’s map, it looks like a fairly large piece of green space will be retained south of the new building. I wish they’d site the Piano building in that south portion, next to Lancaster, so the view from the Kahn building would still be onto green space.
@ 2:41 pm on November 18, 2008
FrontBurner® launched in March 2003, the first blog in Dallas run by a media organization. This is where the editors of D Magazine come to waste a tremendous amount of time.
6 comments
Contentious? No doubt about it….and I will be willing to bet that the Kimbell folks will get very defensive…just a hunch though.
I give it less than a 25% chance of being done. Their donors are rather proud of that green space.
True story – all four times I’ve gone to the Kimball and opted to perambulate in that green space, I’ve stepped it dog excrement.
I went to look at the model first hand during lunch…they (the undrepaid and overworked security guards) were not letting the riff-raff anywhere close to the model. Even thought it was out in the open in the area by the front door. Will have to wait until tomorrow.
I think that this one’s a done deal, folks. The lady in charge has spoken, and if the lady says that the building is gonna be built, then they’re gonna build her that building. Our two hundred and fifty bucks a year, if that’s what you mean by donors, Dallasite, doesn’t change that. Its Chinatown.
From the Startlegram’s map, it looks like a fairly large piece of green space will be retained south of the new building. I wish they’d site the Piano building in that south portion, next to Lancaster, so the view from the Kahn building would still be onto green space.