Great to hear. I am really looking forward to it.
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FYI, Casey Dion with the National Blues Museum will be at the next Downtown Neighborhood Association (saintlouisdna.org) town hall meeting on Monday, November 9 at 6pm to discuss the museum and answer questions.
We meet at the Downtown Central Library in the Carnegie Room on the 3rd floor.
We meet at the Downtown Central Library in the Carnegie Room on the 3rd floor.
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^ Cool. It can't open up enough along with the Arcade, etc.
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synopsis: CHICAGO CHICAGO CHICAGO CHICAGO CHICAGO CHICAGO!!! oh, and St. Louis.
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It reads to me more like CHICAGO SUCKS CHICAGO SUCKS CHICAGO SUCKS CHICAGO SUCKS.urban_dilettante wrote:synopsis: CHICAGO CHICAGO CHICAGO CHICAGO CHICAGO CHICAGO!!! oh, and St. Louis.
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Detroit native Jack White just opened a huge shop for his Third Man Records label in Midtown (the original is a smaller location in his home base of Nashville).
It's a pretty big deal that will be attracting audiophiles from near and far, but the coolest part is he will be having a vinyl record press in operation in view of the patrons.
I'm not sure what the possibilities are for here, but having something like this either in conjunction with or independent of the National Blues Museum would be pretty freaking awesome in the M/X vicinity.
It's a pretty big deal that will be attracting audiophiles from near and far, but the coolest part is he will be having a vinyl record press in operation in view of the patrons.
I'm not sure what the possibilities are for here, but having something like this either in conjunction with or independent of the National Blues Museum would be pretty freaking awesome in the M/X vicinity.
^Record Exchange - apparently long looking for new digs - should take over 505 Washington, becoming a 3 story record, movie, and memorabilia super-store, with the blues section featured front & center.
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^ I could see something like that working. At 75,000 sq. ft., that would be really ambitious for just merchandise though. But how about having a live music venue with a bar/food/drink in the mix? Maybe a variation of Blueberry Hill and The Duck Room but having the addition of merchandise sales.
So maybe first floor merchandise sales orientation
Second floor bar/restaurant orientation
Third floor live music venue
Rooftop lounge/ occasional rooftop concerts with fans on closed Broadway and MAC parking lot.
So maybe first floor merchandise sales orientation
Second floor bar/restaurant orientation
Third floor live music venue
Rooftop lounge/ occasional rooftop concerts with fans on closed Broadway and MAC parking lot.
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Word is the museum literally has $0 for operations at this point. They are a bit worried they exhausted all their $ sources during the construction phase fundsraing.
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I highly doubt they would be opening if they has $0 for operations or reserves. But I'll find out and report back.dbInSouthCity wrote:Word is the museum literally has $0 for operations at this point. They are a bit worried they exhausted all their $ sources during the construction phase fundsraing.
Lets not spread rumors.dbInSouthCity wrote:Word is the museum literally has $0 for operations at this point. They are a bit worried they exhausted all their $ sources during the construction phase fundsraing.
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Just passing along what someone told me, that worked on the project
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We already knew the Sugarfire space with view of the stage was going to be cool, but it looks like the design of this thing as a whole is going to be pretty awesome:
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ ... e988f.html
The theater’s design by V Three Studios, of Maplewood, is meant to provide recording studio-quality acoustics while allowing a view from Washington Avenue. A double set of windows will hold down outside noise but preserve visibility.
Speakers on Washington will allow people outside to hear as well as see the performers, said Metherd, director of design and construction for Spinnaker St. Louis.
I also mentioned Jack White and his Third Man Records a few comments up.... he gave a six-figure contribution for the "Mix it Up" interactive attraction that allows folks to compose and record their own songs. Great guy.
And I was curious about attendance projections.... they're looking at 100,000 visitors. mostly from the surrounding region. But their certainly will be a fair number coming from far and wide. I suspect a key to making this a thriving institution will be quality and regular programming.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ ... e988f.html
The theater’s design by V Three Studios, of Maplewood, is meant to provide recording studio-quality acoustics while allowing a view from Washington Avenue. A double set of windows will hold down outside noise but preserve visibility.
Speakers on Washington will allow people outside to hear as well as see the performers, said Metherd, director of design and construction for Spinnaker St. Louis.
I also mentioned Jack White and his Third Man Records a few comments up.... he gave a six-figure contribution for the "Mix it Up" interactive attraction that allows folks to compose and record their own songs. Great guy.
And I was curious about attendance projections.... they're looking at 100,000 visitors. mostly from the surrounding region. But their certainly will be a fair number coming from far and wide. I suspect a key to making this a thriving institution will be quality and regular programming.
Really need to market this and music history to Europeans. It'd help fill up that STL-LHR flight that we should subsidize to get off the ground. I showed a Swiss girl The Blues Brothers. Loved it.roger wyoming II wrote:And I was curious about attendance projections.... they're looking at 100,000 visitors. mostly from the surrounding region. But their certainly will be a fair number coming from far and wide. I suspect a key to making this a thriving institution will be quality and regular programming.
^ Uh huh. Blues and Americana is huuuuuge overseas...particularly Japan, central & Nordic Europe, and Australia. If the CVC isn't pushing this hard in their international offices/advertising, they're doing it wrong.
I love, love, love this Pokey LaFarge interview he did in the Netherlands -- he may be one of STL's best international ambassadors (no mention of toasted rav and the Cardinals at all!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE2Wk1Nm0g0
I love, love, love this Pokey LaFarge interview he did in the Netherlands -- he may be one of STL's best international ambassadors (no mention of toasted rav and the Cardinals at all!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE2Wk1Nm0g0
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As part of the streetsacpe project on Washington AVe the city was going to paint crosswalks around the blues museum as piano keys (not the regular ladder crosswalks that people sometimes call piano keys) these were actual piano keys. But apparently the MUTCD standards do not allow it. Even those branded crosswalks you see in shaw or tgs are not allowed and won't be going forward. I think the city's new bike coord will enforce it. Issue is lawyers will sue the pants of the city if someone gets hit in a non standard marked crosswalk.
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Is there any literature of that anywhere? News article?
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So non-standard crosswalks=bad. But he has no issues with planned bike lines on Gravois with no buffer? Per the MODOT open house, the avg travel speed on some portions of Gravois is 45 mph. Unbuffered bike lanes right there seem a bigger issue to me, but that's just me.dbInSouthCity wrote:Even those branded crosswalks you see in shaw or tgs are not allowed and won't be going forward. I think the city's new bike coord will enforce it. Issue is lawyers will sue the pants of the city if someone gets hit in a non standard marked crosswalk.
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^ standards for bike lanes are a hot topic in the bike engineering community. A lot of disagreements even between advocates.
Maybe Ch 4 news at 10downtown2007 wrote:Is there any literature of that anywhere? News article?
I think my tweeting on the issue gave one of their reporters an idea for a story.
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Interesting. Probably the wrong thread for it, but out of curiosity: are there bike lane standards, or is it the wild west out there?dbInSouthCity wrote:^ standards for bike lanes are a hot topic in the bike engineering community. A lot of disagreements even between advocates.