NEW YORK | New York AIDS Memorial
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/1..._landmarks.php
New York City AIDS Memorial Approved by Landmarks November 28, 2012, by Jeremiah Budin http://ny.curbed.com/uploads/design.jpeg http://ny.curbed.com/uploads/memorial%20model.jpg Quote:
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What a depressing memorial.
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Yuck. A Vietnam Veterans Memorial or Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe this most certainly is not.
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I like how subtle this memorial is. This can just as easily be a nice, shaded public space as it can be a testament to those lost during the AIDS crises.
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Thank god it includes a sign saying what it is cause I sure wouldn't have any idea otherwise...
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It looks like a bus stop and nothing more.
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Geesh, so many negative comments. I for one like the design. Sure an AIDS memorial is a little off the beaten path, but it's nice to know people who've had lost family members and friends, will have a beautiful place to respect. Besides, who can argue against public spaces?
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I really like the design...as a shade element for a small park. And I am all for subtlety in memorials. But this is TOO subtle to be a memorial. To the point where its almost an insult to just slap AIDS on the side and call it a memorial to AIDS victims.
I think memorials should at least have the subject matter reflected in the design somehow. This looks like someone experimented with interesting patterns in canopy designs and then when the AIDS memorial project came to their desk they pulled this out of the filing cabinet and moved on to the next project. Its nice, and fits well with the location. But it seems cheap to tack on that name to a bench and call it an AIDS memorial. |
I quite like it. And the St Vincents conversion into apartments across 7th Ave is flying along.
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http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/0...es_funding.php
Village AIDS Memorial Loses the Greenery, Raises Funding http://ny.curbed.com/uploads/aids_memorial_home-2.jpg Thursday, March 28, 2013, by Jessica Dailey Quote:
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new design sucks. I guess a crappy memorial for a crappy disease is fitting.
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Just the place I want to hang out at, an AIDs memorial. Don't know about you, but Id feel very uncomfortable there.
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a massive improvement over the substation or train ventilation or whatever structure that is there now: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=7th+A...133.7,,0,-8.55
a really welcome addition to a hood that can always use a little more park space |
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wait - is this where the depressing former hospital oxygen tank garage or whatever the ef that eyesore is across from the village den diner is? in that case i like it. i like it a lot. tear that ugly useless block down asap!
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The AIDS Memorial grove in San Francisco's golden gate park is one of the most beautiful public spaces I have ever visited. |
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^ Yup. Nice to see they included the St. Vincent's condo conversion in the background, which has been U/C for months with no mention anywhere on here.
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Would make a really cool subway entrance. Just doesn't say "Aids Memorial" to me.
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What was the point of having the greenery in the first place? Whatever the reason made the memorial look hideous. This revision looks better.
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I really don't get how some zippy trade-show-esque pavilion is meant to memorialize the millions that have died and suffered from AIDS. There's nothing somber or reflective about the space. I'm embarrassed.
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