[PRCo] Re: Museums and Climate

[tsquare]

Yes, for an Isaly's and, perhaps, and F.W.Woolworth 5c and 10c, a Sun Drug, 
Rialto, Chop Suey, United Cigar, etc. -- maybe this is a stretch but it's 
an idea or a street -- others may no doubt have some meaningful input.  
Point is if a museum is to restore the trolleycar, why not "restore" the 
environment in which it operated (in the case of PTM, 1950 would be a year 
to emulate) -- I would imagine that in this age of urban renewal, store 
fronts might be available.

Taking the whole building, as you suggest, would be appropriate only where 
it's contents are essentially intact -- otherwise, just the facade would 
suffice with a modern interior (economics in play).

Tom  

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
W. Schneider III
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 5:11 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Museums and Climate

Fred Schneider wrote:

Crich goes one step farther ... they take the whole building because
museums need space for storage of artifacts and for sales.  They expect
to have the Red Lion Pub open this spring, which will increase the
number of meals they can serve at noon from 30 to several hundred.  A
former city hall facade was used to create the library; the space behind
it is now being expanded.

Your suggestion was one of the original plans at Orange Empire for the
dirt street behind the store.

The side of the new visitors center at Arden is planned to have store
fronts.  Would not an Isaly's be nice again? 

tsquare wrote:
> 
> >From time to time I have suggested that, along with the
> creation of a city street, a museum might consider
> salvaging some old building fronts,
> Belgian Block paving, gas lights, etc., to complete the image.
> 
> (only to be met with a blank stare)
>