Posted by artscivica on July 28, 2015 · 1 Comment
Architecture critic Catesby Leigh comments for National Review: Congress Needs to Kill Frank Gehry’s Awful Eisenhower Memorial Once and For All For thousands of years, erecting a monument to a great personage or event has involved creating a structure with a powerful physical as well as symbolic presence. The monument might be architectural, sculptural, or … Read more
Category bloated size, Catesby Leigh, classical and traditional architecture, closed competition, Congressional opposition, Eisenhower Memorial Commission, exorbitant cost, NCAS Report on the Eisenhower Memorial, New Eisenhower Memorial Competition, public opposition, Rocco C. Siciliano, Senator Bob Dole, Senator Pat Roberts, starchitects, statuary, tapestry, Tom Brokaw
Posted by artscivica on September 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment
After 15 years and $40 million spent, Frank Gehry’s wildly unpopular design for the National Eisenhower Memorial is on life support. Not a shovel of dirt has been turned, Congress zeroed all construction funding, and the National Capital Planning Commission denied preliminary approval. Recently, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment voted to eliminate … Read more
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