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What Cutural center does St. Louis have the arch. I have visted St. Lous and defintely was not impressed.
Forest Park has lots of nice museums, and there are great cultural pursuits in the city. There is also a great science center as well.
Nothing that I'd make a trip for like I would for the Arch, but there are attractions there.
These are both great for Dallas and Charlotte (I voted for Dallas BTW). A city of Charlotte's size already attempting to embark on such projects is nothing short of impressive.
I wish Dallas had did a lot more of this years ago (but to their credit, the Arts District was established way back in 1978). They always seemed like they were playing catch up with Houston and Ft. Worth. But better late than never in this case.
Isn't the Deck Park going to be by the Arts District?
As stated in my previous post. Grand Center in midtown St Louis houses the Fox Theater, Powell Symphony Hall, Contemporary Art Museum, Sheldon Concert Hall, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, 150 art galleries, etc...
As stated in my previous post. Grand Center in midtown St Louis houses the Fox Theater, Powell Symphony Hall, Contemporary Art Museum, Sheldon Concert Hall, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, 150 art galleries, etc...
In honor of the big Monday Night Football match-up between the Cowboys and Panthers, I thought it would be fun to discuss the two cities new cultural districts. Both are planning large scale districts that will look to reshape their communities. And both will have very unique architectural buildings. Also, ironically they both have their first venues opening this October.
So for discussion, whose will have the biggest impact on the national arts scene? Whose will have the biggest impact on their respective cities? And lastly, which has the more appealing venues?
To answer the questions:
1) On a a national scene I think Dallas will by far and away have more of an impact on the national scene than Charlotte. With it being one of the largest metro areas in the nation ( I can't remember if it is the 4th, 5th , or 6th largest) it is hard for Charlotte to compete with them on this level. Charlotte is transforming from a regional to a national player. Dallas is transforming from a national to a international player. A huge difference.
2) I think the Charlotte development will have a bigger impact than the Dallas development. Looking at the Dallas area you have the cultural amenities in Fort Worth and it already had the arts district. There is also upscale shopping in Dallas and it has a huge fashion industry. While these may have little to do with the cultural districts, it shows that Dallas has some sort of high cosmo feel to it and these are extras. The cultural campus of Charlotte gives Charlotte something so it doesn't have to travel to Atlanta for its cultural campus or to Raleigh for the state operated musuems. It also gives Charlotte some pride in that it has something to offer the Carolina region besides banking.
3) I go with Charlotte as having the better venues. It has more of a variety with an Afro-American cultural center, two arts musuems, and a perfomance art theatre. From what I gather at Dallas it is mostly performance arts centers, which may be all it needs since it already had an arts district. BTW, kudos to Dallas for the Wyly theatre. It looks awesome.
Generic as in forced. For example STL is rehabbing a long vacant opera house downtown because its needed. Its will add to the Grand Center theater district we had had for a long time. We arent just building it just to have it and claim our greatness in the arts. We are doing in organically.
I suppose we could also say that St. Louis's was also "forced" when it was built. The only difference here, then, is time.
I am very impressed by Dallas. Especially the opera house. This is something Atlanta has being talking about for years now (a new "World Class" opera house). As for our St. Louis posters (LOL!), I think it is the typical "not another down south city trying to rise" response I have come to expect on the US General forum. Some folks seem to enjoy "clowning" the South instead of celebrating the evolution of our area. Soon, Metro Charlotte (CSA) could become yet another "down south" city to leap frog STL's CSA in the years to come. I think some folks are aware of this fact and are venting on this thread.
I am very impressed by Dallas. Especially the opera house. This is something Atlanta has being talking about for years now (a new "World Class" opera house). As for our St. Louis posters (LOL!), I think it is the typical "not another down south city trying to rise" response I have come to expect on the US General forum. Some folks seem to enjoy "clowning" the South instead of celebrating the evolution of our area. Soon, Metro Charlotte (CSA) could become yet another "down south" city to leap frog STL's CSA in the years to come. I think some folks are aware of this fact and are venting on this thread.
No...Atlanta has been planning a new Symphony Hall designed by Santiago Calatrava, but they haven't raised enough money so far. The location has changed and they are scrapping his original design for a less expensive one. I haven't heard any talk about an Opera House. We already have Woodruff Arts Center, a cultural campus in Midtown. But why bring up Atlanta and/or St. Louis anyway?
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I have visted St. Lous and defintely was not impressed.
