Gothamist: A Children's Museum Grows in Brooklyn

deena Chontow

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:41:22 -0500

Do you have a brochure that can be reviewed? We would like to visit soon.

fan

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:47:54 -0500

It's interesting that everyone has focused solely on the architecture. What about the fact that this amazing place - the first children's museum in the world - is about to become the first green museum in NY? What about the fact that Crown Heights/Bed Stuy kids, and kids all over NYC, have had a really cool place to have fun and learn stuff, since 1899. With this expansion, whether you like the architecture or not, more kids will have the opportunity to explore cultural objects, learn about science, and learn about what it means to be "green."

otr

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:08:33 -0500

too true about how it will wear dirt. i'm not an architect; so i'm allowed to forget things like that. but if i was getting paid for my time it would be slightly more important :) and btw: i'm not a 'starchitect worshiper', but the bile they inspire in their detractors is amusing.

jonathan

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:49:58 -0500

i liked the hhpa assemblage now buried below the 'turd'

jeebs

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:12:44 -0500

Personally, I find that there are uses for both modern and classical architecture and if your opinion is staunchly held either way you are close-minded. Having said that, bad looking architecture is simply bad looking. Vinoly designed a ego-booster not a brooklyn-booster.

c

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 10:06:11 -0500

oh god, that is so bad. I can guarantee that it will not age well, nor will it wear dirt well. That's the problem that starchitect-worshipping folks like otr have - they cannot imagine that their "art" has to exist in the context of the real world. No otr, we might not need a "stamped-out" neoclassical facade. We certainly don't need a crapped-out "modern" turd either.

otr

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:43:52 -0500

What's wrong with an overturned boat? It's a children's museum. Pathetic jokes are still funny when you're six. And if any institution deserved new digs it's that one. Maybe it would look better if Toby came up with a stamped-out neoclassical facade for us. Cuz that's what museums are "supposed" to look like. (Oh and you're a Gehry-hating jerk! Hee hee!)

Toby

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:37:57 -0500

It looks like an overturned boat. Modern archticture is a pathetic joke. Apparently all the good stuff was done before so we get crap and Ghery now.