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Paralleling Architectures/Monument Grafting by la flaneuse
March 20th, 2007 4:08 PM
NYC --> KC
I took some digital pictures of monuments/landmarks in New York, printed them and cut them in approximate shape of polaroids, and taped them (hey, we had tape; who uses rubber cement anymore?) to their counterparts in....Kansas City, Missouri. (I realized after the fact that some of the ones I picked were more landmarks than monuments.)
Empire State Building --> Power & Light Building
Art Deco skyscrapers that change color on top, but the Power & Light building does it all in one evening. Ooooh. Check out one of my favorite photos by someone else of the P & L building at night because the photos I took were only during the day.
Grand Central --> Union Station
Cool old train stations. KC's Union Station is the second largest in size in the U.S., right after Grand Central. Unfortunately, KC no longer has that level of train service.
Penn Station --> The Eagle Scout tribute fountain
After NYC stupidly demolished Pennsylvania Station, Kansas City got one set of the four Day and Night statues that guarded the old station entrances; they became, along with eagles from the station, the Eagle Scout tribute fountain at 39th & Gillham. I did not know this until after I moved to Jersey for grad school and, dismayed by the current Penn Station, was reading info online about the old station.
Roosevelt Island Tram --> Soon...! ?
This inclusion is kind of a joke. Last November, KC unexpectedly passed a light rail proposal from a former Kansas Citian who now lives in Virginia. It was the guy's 7th or so petition initiative, and his proposal also included a gondola tram between Union Station up a short hill to Liberty Memorial and Penn Valley Park--a tourist attraction instead of transportation, basically. The light rail proposal has many technical flaws, and voters will probably have to revote on a revised proposal. A lot of people wanted light rail, but it is unknown how many really wanted a tram. We awaiting the clamoring. So I put a photo of NYC's functional Roosevelt Island tram on the staircase leading up toward Liberty Memorial, roughly along where the gondolas might run.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art --> The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Grand, stately art museums. I cheated for this one and used an image of the Met I found online since I didn't have time to go by the museum before I left for KC. The Nelson is about to get a modern edge when its addition opens in June.
Union Square--> Mill Creek Park
These equate in my mind as public spaces often used for civic protests. On Sunday afternoons in Mill Creek, protestors continue the ongoing demonstration against Bush and the war in Iraq. The southern edge of this park is a popular place for demonstrators on all kinds of issues.
I took some digital pictures of monuments/landmarks in New York, printed them and cut them in approximate shape of polaroids, and taped them (hey, we had tape; who uses rubber cement anymore?) to their counterparts in....Kansas City, Missouri. (I realized after the fact that some of the ones I picked were more landmarks than monuments.)
Empire State Building --> Power & Light Building
Art Deco skyscrapers that change color on top, but the Power & Light building does it all in one evening. Ooooh. Check out one of my favorite photos by someone else of the P & L building at night because the photos I took were only during the day.
Grand Central --> Union Station
Cool old train stations. KC's Union Station is the second largest in size in the U.S., right after Grand Central. Unfortunately, KC no longer has that level of train service.
Penn Station --> The Eagle Scout tribute fountain
After NYC stupidly demolished Pennsylvania Station, Kansas City got one set of the four Day and Night statues that guarded the old station entrances; they became, along with eagles from the station, the Eagle Scout tribute fountain at 39th & Gillham. I did not know this until after I moved to Jersey for grad school and, dismayed by the current Penn Station, was reading info online about the old station.
Roosevelt Island Tram --> Soon...! ?
This inclusion is kind of a joke. Last November, KC unexpectedly passed a light rail proposal from a former Kansas Citian who now lives in Virginia. It was the guy's 7th or so petition initiative, and his proposal also included a gondola tram between Union Station up a short hill to Liberty Memorial and Penn Valley Park--a tourist attraction instead of transportation, basically. The light rail proposal has many technical flaws, and voters will probably have to revote on a revised proposal. A lot of people wanted light rail, but it is unknown how many really wanted a tram. We awaiting the clamoring. So I put a photo of NYC's functional Roosevelt Island tram on the staircase leading up toward Liberty Memorial, roughly along where the gondolas might run.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art --> The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Grand, stately art museums. I cheated for this one and used an image of the Met I found online since I didn't have time to go by the museum before I left for KC. The Nelson is about to get a modern edge when its addition opens in June.
Union Square--> Mill Creek Park
These equate in my mind as public spaces often used for civic protests. On Sunday afternoons in Mill Creek, protestors continue the ongoing demonstration against Bush and the war in Iraq. The southern edge of this park is a popular place for demonstrators on all kinds of issues.
