Lucas Museum location

[NealIRC]

Originally Posted by frostopsy

That's a lot of questions. Which one do you want me to start with? And what did this have to do with my original post still?

So, say I have 5 questions for you.

1. Question 1.
2. Question 2.
3. Question 3.
4. Question 4.
5. Question 5.

And you're going to go "wow, you asked a lot of questions, which ones did you want me to start with?"

Well, the order doesn't always matter (to answer that question).

And what does that have to do with your original post, well, you seemed upset when someone snitched on the state government, to the federal government.

[edsg25]

Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to build upon...

The Presidio stretch of land, hard by the waters of the bay and the Golden Gate didn't work. Neither did the yacht laden basin that is Burnham Harbor. And following that, prime Treasure Island shorefront real estate with a drop dead view of the SF skyline didn't make the grade.

Water, you have to have water, that's what George Lucas told us. So where is his museum going....

Expostion Park, Los Angeles, with not a drop of South Central H2O to be found. Heck, he at least could have found a lagoon in MacArthur Park, or maybe a site along the banks of the drainage ditch, aka the LA River.

Nice going, George....you put us through hell because you insisted you damned museum must be on public lakefront property, refusing even to consider sites immediately to the west, across from the outer drive. Only to find the most bone dry location i bone dry Los Angeles.

Skip the Lucas Museum....let's go for the Peanuts Museum

"Good grief, George Lucas!"

[ChiGuy2.5]

Originally Posted by chet everett

As anybody that has ever seen any kind of "project" in Chicago well knows, cost overruns are "part of the game". The "cash" that Lucas was willing to sink into this would soon be dwarfed by reality.
Even projects that have added new public attractions that seem well used have been MASSIVELY draining on the debt service side -- Millennium Park built "the Chicago Way" - Chicago Tribune

WOW! I never read this much detail about Millenium Park. Blows my mind to think that after all of this we went ahead and built ANOTHER park and named it Maggie Daley park, likely incurring more debt in the process. Gotta love Chicago!

[chicagobear]

Eh, an entertainment oriented museum probably belongs in Los Angeles anyway.

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by edsg25

Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to build upon...

The Presidio stretch of land, hard by the waters of the bay and the Golden Gate didn't work. Neither did the yacht laden basin that is Burnham Harbor. And following that, prime Treasure Island shorefront real estate with a drop dead view of the SF skyline didn't make the grade.

Water, you have to have water, that's what George Lucas told us. So where is his museum going....

Expostion Park, Los Angeles, with not a drop of South Central H2O to be found. Heck, he at least could have found a lagoon in MacArthur Park, or maybe a site along the banks of the drainage ditch, aka the LA River.

Nice going, George....you put us through hell because you insisted you damned museum must be on public lakefront property, refusing even to consider sites immediately to the west, across from the outer drive. Only to find the most bone dry location i bone dry Los Angeles.

Skip the Lucas Museum....let's go for the Peanuts Museum

"Good grief, George Lucas!"

While that's true, there's also the point that the LA museum location is next to his alma mater (USC) which was a consideration for any SF or Chicago build.

Still, it would have been nice if that alternate proposal of the museum above the tracks and west of LSD with a grand lawn to the parking lot in the original site had happened. Then, for a somewhat higher price, everyone would have gotten what they wanted and there would have been a grand pedestrian access point crossing the tracks and LSD to the lakefront park.

[prhill]

I hope that Lucas thing is not coming here damn that was an ugly looking thing!