http://www.friscovista.com/news/art/an-alternative-to-the-fisher-museum/ A Window on Northern California Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.friscovista.com/news/art/an-alternative-to-the-fisher-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 xensen Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:51:25 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/11/27/an-alternative-to-the-fisher-museum/#comment-5567 I missed that! I'll be sure to check it out, thanks. I missed that! I’ll be sure to check it out, thanks.

]]> http://www.friscovista.com/news/art/an-alternative-to-the-fisher-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-5563 Nancy Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:16:14 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/11/27/an-alternative-to-the-fisher-museum/#comment-5563 Have you seen the drawings in the Chron? The comments are not favorable, either about the building or Mr. Fisher. Have you seen the drawings in the Chron? The comments are not favorable, either about the building or Mr. Fisher.

]]> http://www.friscovista.com/news/art/an-alternative-to-the-fisher-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-5414 Nancy Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:19:36 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/11/27/an-alternative-to-the-fisher-museum/#comment-5414 The more I read about the FIsher Museum, the more dubious I became, both about the collection and the potential "footprint" on the Presidio. But money and power trump taste and courtesy to the environment - at least, that seems to have always been the case. I just finished reading a book comparing us to Ancient Rome. Some of the parallels - including the power and obscene wealth of a few - are frightening. The more I read about the FIsher Museum, the more dubious I became, both about the collection and the potential “footprint” on the Presidio. But money and power trump taste and courtesy to the environment – at least, that seems to have always been the case. I just finished reading a book comparing us to Ancient Rome. Some of the parallels – including the power and obscene wealth of a few – are frightening.

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