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I guess your right... so the County of Sacramento would get the taxes. Well, it better than Roseville or Placer County taking more business from the County like what has been happening with the Roseville Galleria and the Auto Mall. |
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As far as I know the only dominate trees on Capitol Mall are Little-leaf Linden. They're certianly not all along the mall and if they do exist they obviously do not have strong architectural presence. Maybe you are thinking of Capitol Park?
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In case some of you haven't clicked on the link Ozone has in his signature, I thought I would post this. From what I see so far, I think this would totally rock.
I think Sacramento needs more big time museums and exploratoriums, and I think the old PG&E is a perfect location. Sounds like a lot money is going to be need to raised for this though. Ozone - Anymore info you might have? _________________________________________________________________ SMASHP Sacramento Museum of Art, Science, and Human Perception Modeled on San Francisco’s highly respected and hugely popular Exploratorium. SMASHp will be a publicly-owned science museum located in the old PG&E Building on the Sacramento River. SMASHp may be inspired by the Explortorium but it's own exhibits will be modeled on science museums from around the world. And many of the exhibits will be created by visual and performing artists as well as scientists and educators thus creating an unique environment that will stimulate the senses and appeal to people who are not normally turn-on by science. The former Pacific Gas and Electric Co. building, next to the new Jibboom Street Park, is currently vacant and the city is looking for someone to rehabilitate of the historic building for commercial and/or community use. We propose transforming it into a unique 21st-century science museum. The building’s Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation provides a museum-like quality and in some ways recalls the Palace of Fine Art Building in San Francisco which houses the Exploratorium. The historic building made of reinforced concrete has a large open interior space that is ideal for a wide variety of scientific exhibits. Natural light will filter through skylights and windows to illuminate the interior during the day and the building will be dramatically lit at night. The museum's entrance will be through the neo-classical portal on the west side (riverfront) of the PG&E building. The western orientation will increase activity along riverfront and as the Railyards Project Area is developed the wisdom of this orientation will be further reinforced. A small but architecturally striking pavilion will be constructed northwest of the museum's entrance and will house the museum’s store and café which will have outside terraced where visitors will be able to dine alfresco while overlooking the Sacramento River. Several specially landscaped spaces throughout the site will include ‘smart art’ pieces. The area north of the museum will be reserved for a future museum tower –a mix-use residential high-rise, however, until that time the site will be used for museum parking. The Sacramento Museum of Art, Science and Human Perception is destined to be the one of Sacramento’s most popular tourist destinations- attracting many people to the area each year and energizing the existing Sacramento River Parkway trail that connects Old Sacramento to Discovery Park and helping to make the Sacramento Riverfront truly world-class. How will SMASHp be financed? Corporate Donors Public Utility City and County of Sacramento University of California State and Federal http://bp1.blogger.com/_gutbwDOC-Mw/...SMAHp+Plan.JPG |
Sounds pretty cool, would be a nice complement to the rail yards project and also be a cool place to go along the river there.
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I always thought that building should be renovated into a sweet, hip club called "The Power Plant."
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That's great to hear about The Sacramento Museum of Art, Science and
Human Perception plan. I like the name of the museum... calling it SMASHp seems like a forced cool name to me. Also, the old PG&E building is not very big so wonder how much they will actually have to see and do? |
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You're right to some degree about the size of the old PG&E building but the idea is that since there is plenty of room to expand if needed it would become part of the final design. The name was actually was taken from the Exploratorium's self-description and as you said was 'forced' on purpose. |
So is the 'p' silent in SMASHp, or is it pronounced smash-pee?
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;) That's funny. If you think the 'p' should be silent then for you it is. Or maybe it would be a small or very soft "p"?
I pronounce it smash-pee. |
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Actually, Gas is now healthier than Ethanol....read the article... Ethanol Vehicles Pose A Significant Risk To Human Health, Study Finds http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medi...p?newsid=68312 Also, I side with you: Bikes should have the right of way on the streets, as well as people. It is really annoying when I cross in midtown and you have to stop and wait for cars to fly by. Inconsiderates! But SUV's do not make people inconsiderate.... Also, the name SMASHp sucks...I hope they think of something better. |
:previous: Ethanol? Is that our only option..I don't think so. Bob I know you are a sponge but I bet if you try real hard you can think of something better than either gasoline or ethanol. Are SUV owners less considerate? Maybe not. I will say that I see a lot of people driving big vehicles alone and wonder what is going on. I should not make blanket statements about anyone..but there does seem to be a real lack in this country of 'thinking' and 'acting' for the greater good -other than themselves.
If you think the name sucks then suggest something better. I think that if you are going to say something sucks then you should at least suggest an alternative. But the name is not as important as the concept....and you may think that sucks too and you're intitled to your opinion. |
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Yes, SMASHp in my opinion sucks. It is not my job to think of another name. I do not work there. As far as the SUV VS Small car thing, not everyone believes we are doing harm to the enviroment. I dont believe the hype about Global Warming, and I get sick of people who believe in something that has so little evidence and then forcing their views upon others. Just because an idiot runs down a lady on a bike does not require another speech about how bad SUV's are, when many believe that there is no harm done by our cars. I dont feel like having a debate about this on this forum either, so this is the last response for you. Thanks! :cheers: PS: Spongebob rules! Why the hate on the Bob? :jester: |
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OK, had to respond since you are making this personal. I am a scientist and I have read and read and read more than you even know. Please dont throw news stories at me, please study facts, and with global warming you will not find any, just theories and hype..believe me I used to believe it too. When you begin to study about it, its all theory and its all about money and people keeping their jobs. Here are a few things to look up: The Earth has been incredibly warmer than it is now, much warmer before we were here. It will be much warmer again if we were here or not. All the computer models that most of the global warming info is coming from is based on weather patterns and atmospheric data only collected in the past 40 to 50 years. Geologists prove time and time again that there has been ice ages (I was too young, but you can look up the big hype in the 70's was that there was going to be an ice age coming) and there has been warm ages. This is all natural, and will happen, SUV's or not, Pollution or not. http//video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4520665474899458831 After watching this maybe you can look up how all the planets in the solar system are heating up as well. Please do not tell me this is due to our SUV's. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...s-warming.html Here's more, just think for yourself and look at the other sides. I dont think we should muck this forum up with a global warming debate. You may be right or you may be wrong. Either way I will never insult you or anyone personally, but I will continue to drive my SUV's to and from Tahoe and SF and Santa Cruz and everywhere else and I promise I wont run over any bikers, since I am one as well. http://www.friendsofscience.org/index.php?ide=4 http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/temperature/ This is a collection of global temperatures collected by NASA that shows a general cooling trend especially around the polar ice caps. So assuming the earth is warming what could be causing it, the sun. Look at this graph also put out by NASA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...global_warming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78705J6fvUc http://www.ourcivilisation.com/aginatur/moregw.htm http://newsbusters.org/node/10604 http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p36.htm the signatures of over 17,000 scientists who disagree with the theory of man made global warming (check out the report on this site it does an excellent job of disproving global warming). You may have also seen reports about ice cores supposedly proving global warming, this is not true. Here is the truth about ice cores http://www.john-daly.com/zjiceco2.htm http://www.worldclimatereport.com/ |
:previous: the global warming debate needs to go somewhere else. I'm as passionate as you guys about this but nobody is going to change anyones mind on an internet forum. it's futile. but if you insist please open a seperate thread on 'global warming chit-chat.'
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