From the Daily News:WITH ITS 90-foot-high walls and cobalt-blue glass, the Great Hall at the New York Hall of Science was built so that visitors to the 1964-65 World's Fair thought they were entering outer space.
Almost 50 years later, that architectural marvel is getting its first major face-lift. And designers hope the renovated Great Hall will continue to dazzle visitors at the busy science museum.
Even in its current barren state, with scaffolding and netting on its facade, the Great Hall is still a magnificent sight.
Specks of green, red and orange sparkle in the glass-filled panels. Heavy concrete walls ripple around the 7,000-square-foot space.
Over the years, cracked panels have been replaced, along with some concrete patchwork.
The current project, which preliminary estimates tag at $12 million, will fix the concrete, as well as panels that may need work.
8 comments:
Where's the money coming from?
The taxpayers of course.
Not that I object to its restoration but how about tossing some coins to fix up the New York State Pavilion?
Oh I see....that's an entirely different story...eh B.P. Marshal?
It's time to replace that 15 watt bulb with someone brighter who can do the job honestly who doesn't fall asleep in the pocket of developers!
Marshal needs a face lift and a brain boost!
What will the space be used for? As far as I know, it's been closed to the public (except for receptions/events) for years. It would be nice to be able to see it.
What will the space be used for? As far as I know, it's been closed to the public (except for receptions/events) for years. It would be nice to be able to see it.
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Please. Our tax money will just help throw better parties for the elite...where they meet! See you at the fair (or is it the unfair)?
All of that cobalt blue glass makes me feel more like I'm inside one of those Rx energy drink bottles..."Arizona" brand...or whatever!
Doesn't cobalt glass emit low level radiation?
Especially if the replacements come from China where most cobalt glass comes from these days!
I'll have to check that out tonight
to see if me and my kids glow in the dark.
Its not cobolt just cobalt blue. Marshall dont know what shes talking about. This woman belongs in a nursing home. The Orange a Red are night lite bulbs up in the catwalks
It it amazing standing inside. I dont remember seeing any broken glass aside some cracks.
BTW Work started a LONG time ago, I sent photos to crappy.
It was posted here
Why is Marshall andthe Bloomturd PR machine bragging now ?
-Joe
Marshal is exactly what the clubhouse (and its developer friends) ordered...
a dim witted "yassir" slave who follows their orders implicitly!
Steppin' and fetchin' for the real estate moguls!
Any child in Queens who ever went here on a class trip fell in love with the place.
This is the kind of project i would hope my tax dollars go to fund.
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