Comments on: Fisher Contemporary Art Museum of the Presidio http://www.friscovista.com/news/museums/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/ A Window on Northern California Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Donors to secret nonprofit revealed http://www.friscovista.com/news/museums/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/comment-page-1/#comment-6148 Donors to secret nonprofit revealed Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:05:38 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/08/16/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/#comment-6148 [...] Among the donors whose names were recently revealed is Don Fisher, founder of the Gap clothing stores, who is attempting to create a museum in San Francisco’s Presidio for his personal art collection. [...] [...] Among the donors whose names were recently revealed is Don Fisher, founder of the Gap clothing stores, who is attempting to create a museum in San Francisco’s Presidio for his personal art collection. [...]

]]> By: An alternative to the Fisher Museum? http://www.friscovista.com/news/museums/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/comment-page-1/#comment-5411 An alternative to the Fisher Museum? Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:29:55 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/08/16/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/#comment-5411 [...] alternative proposal to the Fisher Art Museum in the Presidio has been put forward by a group of historians and conservationists. The group [...] [...] alternative proposal to the Fisher Art Museum in the Presidio has been put forward by a group of historians and conservationists. The group [...]

]]> By: Toll Drive http://www.friscovista.com/news/museums/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/comment-page-1/#comment-2346 Toll Drive Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:33:36 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/08/16/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/#comment-2346 [...] Fisher Contemporary Art Museum of the Presidio [...] [...] Fisher Contemporary Art Museum of the Presidio [...]

]]> By: xensen http://www.friscovista.com/news/museums/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/comment-page-1/#comment-2230 xensen Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:24:20 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/08/16/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/#comment-2230 HA, I used to live in the Marina near the Presidio. I've walked its paths for some thirty years. I know the area we are talking about. I believe there is a valid concern about this proposal. Your peremptory and dismissive comments do nothing to make me feel more sanguine about it. HA, I used to live in the Marina near the Presidio. I’ve walked its paths for some thirty years. I know the area we are talking about.

I believe there is a valid concern about this proposal. Your peremptory and dismissive comments do nothing to make me feel more sanguine about it.

]]> By: HA http://www.friscovista.com/news/museums/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/comment-page-1/#comment-2229 HA Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:30:07 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/08/16/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/#comment-2229 I live in the Presidio, have walked every path and street in it and around it. Your fears are funny. I live in the Presidio, have walked every path and street in it and around it. Your fears are funny.

]]> By: xensen http://www.friscovista.com/news/museums/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/comment-page-1/#comment-2126 xensen Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:06:40 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/08/16/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/#comment-2126 <p>HA, in my opinion the Presidio should remain largely a green space, as it always used to be. The trend in national parks is to LESS development and LESS traffic; this is a plan to do the opposite.</p> <p>I think buildings in the Presidio should be small and unobtrusive. This plan calls for too large a building. It is out a scale with the Presidio (where there would be few amenities for museum visitors). The location is hard to reach by public transit, and it will bring in a great deal of traffic, which would stress not only the Presidio but the Marina, the inner Richmond, and Pacific Heights, as well as commutes over the GG Bridge.</p> HA, in my opinion the Presidio should remain largely a green space, as it always used to be. The trend in national parks is to LESS development and LESS traffic; this is a plan to do the opposite.

I think buildings in the Presidio should be small and unobtrusive. This plan calls for too large a building. It is out a scale with the Presidio (where there would be few amenities for museum visitors). The location is hard to reach by public transit, and it will bring in a great deal of traffic, which would stress not only the Presidio but the Marina, the inner Richmond, and Pacific Heights, as well as commutes over the GG Bridge.

]]> By: HA http://www.friscovista.com/news/museums/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 HA Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:27:06 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/08/16/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/#comment-2116 Why is this destroying the Presidio again, please! Why is this destroying the Presidio again, please!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.friscovista.com/news/museums/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/comment-page-1/#comment-2102 Nancy Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:15:52 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/08/16/fisher-contemporary-art-museum-of-the-presidio/#comment-2102 I agree with the issues that you raise. I was blinded by my desire to see all this art and forgot about the potential destruction of the Presidio. I didn't realize that there was so little control over the review process. Given that, I guess we are lucky that the whole space hasn't been covered with luxury condos yet. I also wondered at the real reasons why the collection couldn't be merged with SF MOMA's; I have a lot of cynical suspicions about ego being the real reason. I image that Fisher wanted a whole wing or more for his collection and the SF MOMA didn't want to give it so he took his crayons away. Given how loudly money talks, he must be really difficult to deal with because I doubt if there's a museum director in the world that won't sit up and sing pretty if there's enough money on the table (i.e., read Hoving's book on the Met). It's the way of the world and sometimes we get great art, even not-so-great but important art from the historical point of view. I'd love to have some idea of the real size of his collection vs what size is available in SF's museums. Some of his pieces might really be good but not worth further destruction of priceless public land. I agree with the issues that you raise. I was blinded by my desire to see all this art and forgot about the potential destruction of the Presidio. I didn’t realize that there was so little control over the review process. Given that, I guess we are lucky that the whole space hasn’t been covered with luxury condos yet. I also wondered at the real reasons why the collection couldn’t be merged with SF MOMA’s; I have a lot of cynical suspicions about ego being the real reason. I image that Fisher wanted a whole wing or more for his collection and the SF MOMA didn’t want to give it so he took his crayons away. Given how loudly money talks, he must be really difficult to deal with because I doubt if there’s a museum director in the world that won’t sit up and sing pretty if there’s enough money on the table (i.e., read Hoving’s book on the Met). It’s the way of the world and sometimes we get great art, even not-so-great but important art from the historical point of view. I’d love to have some idea of the real size of his collection vs what size is available in SF’s museums. Some of his pieces might really be good but not worth further destruction of priceless public land.

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