CYGN-B

[Greg]

One's eye says you are seeing something beautiful, and one's mind says one is seeing something horrible. What a tragic waste of a space that could inspire an awe of such magnitude. I wonder if doggedly prioritizing such a manifestation of some of the best that humanity has to give as a tool of education rather than an emotional celebration contributes to the underutilization of such resources.

If I had a small crew and vehicle loaded up with a generator and a JBL PA tub it would have been fitting to set up my gear and project Classic Laser Shows of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s on to that enticing projection surface from across the street for passers by to see one last time.

So sad. Built to last and serve indefinitely. Only used for thirty years, then mothballed, then demolished. There, destroyed, is the access ladder over the inner dome, leading to a probably never used since construction opening to the top of the outer dome. Are those speaker cabinets amongst the rubble? I remember in the mid 1970s the window pane pattern of dust collection seen in the photo due to air flow was not there yet, and the height of the dome was hard to gauge by eye but boy it was way up there.

[dchammonds]

One's eye says you are seeing something beautiful, and one's mind says one is seeing something horrible. What a tragic waste of a space that could inspire an awe of such magnitude. I wonder if doggedly prioritizing such a manifestation of some of the best that humanity has to give as a tool of education rather than an emotional celebration contributes to the underutilization of such resources.

If I had a small crew and vehicle loaded up with a generator and a JBL PA tub it would have been fitting to set up my gear and project Classic Laser Shows of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s on to that enticing projection surface from across the street for passers by to see one last time.

So sad. Built to last and serve indefinitely. Only used for thirty years, then mothballed, then demolished. There, destroyed, is the access ladder over the inner dome, leading to a probably never used since construction opening to the top of the outer dome. Are those speaker cabinets amongst the rubble? I remember in the mid 1970s the window pane pattern of dust collection seen in the photo due to air flow was not there yet, and the height of the dome was hard to gauge by eye but boy it was way up there.

And what's going in its place? A Burger King?

[Greg]

And what's going in its place? A Burger King?

Basically. "Student services" is what's being said, I believe. Current visualizations show more hideous huge pointlessly angular box thing supposed to complement the way they already trashed the other end of the building a few years ago, which they are already having to redo.

Photo shows some photos posted previously on this thread done as badges to hand out to people passing the demolition site. A photo of a painting of a photo I took of Chris Squire at Massey Hall is randomly in there. Ignore that.

[buffo]

Damn...

DZ said that they're doing the same thing to the planetarium in Jacksonville, FL at the Museum of Science and History. They're going to demolish the entire building, and while they're eventually supposed to build a new one, it won't include a planetarium.

Adam

[Greg]

Noodling with the system, CYGN-B, no choreography.
https://youtu.be/Ys4VyaCLRvQ