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Originally Posted by alki
Sorry but there are plenty of museums in hi rise locations in cities that are not flat.......Seattle is just one of many examples. Frankly, hilly cities should encourage museum development in dense urban locations for a number of reasons.
You cite the Broad which is under construction...........however, at the time the Getty was built, DT had one very small museum. Here is the second largest city in the country and its DT is virtually devoid of museums. Talk about making a statement.
My point is that these public jewels........and yes, museums are jewels........don't come along very often. In fact, one every 20 years is an abundance of riches. IMO the opportunities they offer should not be squandered on some remote Westside location.
Uh.....if you live in East LA, its remote........if you live in HP, its remote......if you live in S. Central, its remote...........or don't you think people living in those locations would be interested in going to a museum?
DTs develop as a central location so that its accessible to most of a city's residents. Few cities are like LA which has tried for decades to make the Westside its DT.
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Again, category mistake. It's like complaining there are no great art galleries in DT NY (Wall St.). The central part of LA extends from the ocean to the LA River; you would expect museums, entertainment, etc., to be spread across the area, and so they are from Malibu to Pasadena.
You're succumbing to the attitude that everything needs to be on the same 2 blocks in DT ("here's the football stadium, next to it is the art gallery, next to that is the farmer's market, then the luxury high rise and the train station with upper end retail above it, across the street is the theater district"). There's no district in any city that "has it all".
Sorry that rich people didn't get the idea to put their museums in South Central. Is Paris considering moving the Louvre to St. Denis? Or maybe the Frick is heading to the Bronx? There's a spot next to the refinery in Richmond that would be perfect for the De Young.
Highland Park? Are you kidding. You're already within 2 miles of the Huntington and Norton Simon (and the Southwest Musuem). Are you trying to hog all the art?
But, again, if you are looking for a site like the Huntington or the Palace of Fine Arts in SF (which is the main western art location) where there are parks, parking spaces and views, you aren't likely to get it in LA, either DT or Westside. Remember the heat that Broad took from the Supervisors over his museum, and that was one lot?
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