Comments on: The Barnes Foundation Moves Into New Green Digs Designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien http://inhabitat.com/the-barnes-foundation-moves-into-new-green-digs-designed-by-tod-williams-and-billie-tsien/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Caleb Mactavish http://inhabitat.com/the-barnes-foundation-moves-into-new-green-digs-designed-by-tod-williams-and-billie-tsien/comment-page-1/#comment-386518 Caleb Mactavish Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:18:11 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400472#comment-386518 The original Barnes Foundation WAS located in Merion, a Philadelphia suburb, but the new Barnes Foundation site is located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City, Philadelphia. It's the final link in an awesome chain of museums and spaces that now are now as well connected as museum mile in Manhattan and the Mall in DC. Go Philly! Come Visit. The original Barnes Foundation WAS located in Merion, a Philadelphia suburb, but the new Barnes Foundation site is located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City, Philadelphia. It’s the final link in an awesome chain of museums and spaces that now are now as well connected as museum mile in Manhattan and the Mall in DC. Go Philly! Come Visit.

]]> By: calebmactavish http://inhabitat.com/the-barnes-foundation-moves-into-new-green-digs-designed-by-tod-williams-and-billie-tsien/comment-page-1/#comment-386514 calebmactavish Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:10:23 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400472#comment-386514 This building is NOT located in "The city of Merion"! The original Barnes Foundation (and it's 25 billion dollars worth of art work) WAS located in Merion but the new Barnes Foundation is located on the the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City, Philadelphia. There was controversy about moving the art because it's owner's will stated that it should remain in Merion indefinitely. http://news.yahoo.com/barnes-foundation-opens-controversy-lingers-161011555.html The new building is amazing though and completes a chain of world-class museums and spaces including The Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, The Free Library of Phildelphia, The Rodin Museum, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art that, before the Barnes Foundation was constructed, were unconnected. This finally gives Philadelphia the opportunity to fit in with museum mile in Manhattan and the mall in DC making this highly populated stretch of the Mid-Atlantic region even more culturally and socially intact. This building is NOT located in “The city of Merion”! The original Barnes Foundation (and it’s 25 billion dollars worth of art work) WAS located in Merion but the new Barnes Foundation is located on the the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City, Philadelphia. There was controversy about moving the art because it’s owner’s will stated that it should remain in Merion indefinitely.

http://news.yahoo.com/barnes-foundation-opens-controversy-lingers-161011555.html

The new building is amazing though and completes a chain of world-class museums and spaces including The Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, The Free Library of Phildelphia, The Rodin Museum, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art that, before the Barnes Foundation was constructed, were unconnected. This finally gives Philadelphia the opportunity to fit in with museum mile in Manhattan and the mall in DC making this highly populated stretch of the Mid-Atlantic region even more culturally and socially intact.

]]> By: MariaCarmella http://inhabitat.com/the-barnes-foundation-moves-into-new-green-digs-designed-by-tod-williams-and-billie-tsien/comment-page-1/#comment-386414 MariaCarmella Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:40:48 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400472#comment-386414 I can not read any other comments, so I apologize if I am restating something someone else already pointed out, but... The Barnes collection is no longer in Merion, PA. The new building shown is in Philadelphia, PA. Relocating the collection was a topic of great controversy and is the subject of Don Argott's documentary "The Art of the Steal" I can not read any other comments, so I apologize if I am restating something someone else already pointed out, but…

The Barnes collection is no longer in Merion, PA. The new building shown is in Philadelphia, PA. Relocating the collection was a topic of great controversy and is the subject of Don Argott’s documentary “The Art of the Steal”

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