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| Author: | Erik Ledbetter [ Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | New Art museum in Roanoke |
Interesting article on the major new art museum to be built across the tracks from the Link Museum in downtown Roanoke, VA:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/23/AR2005092300385.html |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Art museum in Roanoke |
A different artist's rendition, not shown in the online version but in the paper edition, showed a landscape with the new museum on the left, the tracks in the niddle and the Lowey-designed Roanoke depot (now the Link Museum) lurking off to the right. What was nore surprising, to those hawk-eyed enough to notice, was the portrayal of three trains on the tracks: Two freight trains headed by Conrail blue locos, the set on the right being a pair of GE B40-8s (hey, completely plausible) bracketing what is obviously a British Rail Class 47 in early-1970's yellow-nose BR dark green (Brunswick green, anyone?) paint with blanked headcode! Worse, the 47 is even accurately proportionately smaller than its track mates. And there's also a N&W double position-light signal in front of those trains.My neck is still recovering from the triple-take I did yesterday. |
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| Author: | doowoppie [ Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Art museum in Roanoke |
My 2 cents,Well the historic downtown is going to look kinda unhistoric after that goes in but if the powers that be want to modernize Downtown Roanoke what can I say.Andrew |
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| Author: | Tom Cornillie [ Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Art museum in Roanoke |
What is currently on this site now?Tom Cornillie |
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| Author: | Dave Stephenson [ Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Art museum in Roanoke |
So that's what that little yellow and dark box was in the middle. I thought it might be an under-scaled VIA F40.The current sight is a parking lot with some turn-of-the-century buildings at the southwest corner. They are scheduled to survive at this point AFAIK. |
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