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Originally Posted by craigs
The renovated older building (forgot the name) is looking fantastic--brighter, cleaner, the detailing better expressed. And I like the skin at the base of the new tower--the museum may end up appearing like a jewel box.
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I'm not happy when they take these older buildings with lots of detailing and slather everything with the same color of paint. I was really sad when I gave the SF GLBTQ Center a donation for their beautiful old Victorian on Market St. way back when and then they did that ("puke" green no less), now partially corrected. I'd much rather see some contrasting color on the detailing.
As for the "skin" on the Mexican Museum, OK . . . fine. But I've asked this before and will again. The MM has been trying literally for decades to raise the funds to build out its space, which there have been various plans to get donated for just as long, and it hadn't managed to do so, at least until now. So does anybody know if these lower floors, designated as the MM, will remain an empty shell or have they finally got the money?