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Originally Posted by PuntLemon
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
This is the most convoluted,byzantine region in the history of mankind.
You can search the entire globe and you'll be hard pressed to find such a disgracefully, underutilized,barren riverfront as the Delaware.
The Casino fiasco,Disney Hole,a ballpark with $$$$ written all over it built in a location where the avg suburbanite couldnt spend a dollar if their life depended on it, a dozen mothballed residential projects,how about using the Ben Franklin Parkway as a tourist attraction instead of a homeless encampment? I mean its a joke.
Honestly, I wouldnt hold your breath waiting for the Barnes Museum.
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I'm from Buffalo, NY. For me, Philadelphia has its act together. You've never seen Buffalo's woefully disregarded waterfront, or the abandoned Aud, or the ugly-ass Peace Bridge. All things that have been in development hell since I was born.
As a matter of fact, my mom came down from B-Lo last week and we went out to the Barnes. I have a deep appreciation for that collection and the beautiful grounds now. But times change, and art is NOT MEANT to be restricted to the upper crust. Isn't that what Barnes' philosophy was? Why the hell should someone make a reservation a month in advance to drive all the way outside the city just to get treated badly by Specta-guards who yell at you for breaking the rules before you even do anything wrong? Do you think these impressionists who were painting on the streets of Paris and trying to make money for food would want the yuppies deciding what the hell the artists are trying to say? And what joy can you get by looking at the details of a Seurat when it's five feet above your head?
If Barnes, who sounds like a real mess, was alive, he'd still be rearranging his art.
It needs to be moved to the Parkway. I'm sick and tired of Arts & Culture being restricted to the people that can afford it. That art should be seen by everybody, from gapped-tooth yokels and phillistines to afficiandos and upper classes.