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National Gallery of Art Cafeteria: Observations
Observation 1: There's something not quite right about a 6-8 year-old boy wearing a suit and tie. The rightness is even more questionable when he's sitting with a man (his father?) who seems to be wearing an identical suit and tie. Suits and ties are just wrong. Suits and ties on 6-8 year-old boys should be criminal.
Observation 2: The waterfall that looks like it's always about to stream right through the window is very very cool. The reflective, stainless steel ceiling and lights in the back portion of the cafeteria is very very uncool. What were they thinking?
Observation 3: A Handspring Visor Deluxe combined with a Targus Stowaway Keyboard is a much more chic and, um, novel way to write a novel than is a slightly worn Apple iBook. Damn! Out-teched again!
Question: Which came first: The glass pyramids at the entrance to the Louvre in Paris, or the very similar (if much smaller) glass pyramids in the courtyard between the east and west wings of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.?
Posted August 3, 2003 04:59 PM | life generally
The Louvre's Pyramid was erected on 30 March 1989 and was designed by Pei Ieoh Ming (who also, apparently, kicked the Ministry of France out of the ol' Palace).
And if this is what you're talking about in DC, it was installed in 1999, though it looks like the first installation of it was in '97.
Thanks for the research project. Anyone else? I'm don't with the Bar.
Posted by: K at August 4, 2003 12:32 PM
