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WWII museum adding a massive canopy - bad idea?

Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:10 pm
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
19839 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:10 pm
Who thinks this thing looks like a giant wing? I wonder if those New York architects realize we have these things called hurricanes here?

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The National World War II museum will begin construction this spring on the 150-foot-tall Canopy of Peace, a signature shade structure long planned for the 6-acre Warehouse District campus. The canopy, which museum officials have said will cost upwards of $10 million to build, was made possible by a donation from Louisiana shipbuilding magnate Donald “Boysie” Bollinger in 2015.

At 448 feet long and 126 feet wide, the canopy will consist of panels made of a Teflon-coated fiberglass membrane to provide shade and act as a screen upon which programmable lighting and messages can be projected from below.

The museum has said the canopy, designed by Voorsanger Architects in New York, will provide a visually distinctive element not only for the museum but for the city’s skyline..


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Posted by JungTige
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2018
18 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:11 pm to
I hope this isn't where our taxes are going
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
55957 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:12 pm to
This on a larger scale ?


Posted by tigerbait121
Member since Sep 2013
1230 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:12 pm to
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
76312 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:13 pm to
quote:

I hope this isn't where our taxes are going



I wish the state would spend more on reading comprehension.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
58852 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:14 pm to
quote:

wonder if those New York architects realize we have these things called hurricanes here?


Nah bro, they prob won’t even think about things like that
Posted by HarryBalzack
Member since Oct 2012
16248 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:42 pm to
I imagine the panels fold up or retract.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
23070 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:43 pm to
If only Albert Speer were still around.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49619 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:44 pm to
quote:



I hope this isn't where our taxes are going



Apparently you can’t fricking read.
Posted by LSUrme
JP
Member since Oct 2005
5431 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 5:45 pm to
quote:

I hope this isn't where our taxes are going


Just when I think, you couldn't possibly get ANY dumber...
Posted by bctiger6
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
1355 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 6:21 pm to
Glad I’m not designing it
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