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- Welcome to the Flip A Strip discussion board/comment area!,
posted by cory on 2008-11-06 12:07:27
Greetings Visitors,
Please use this space to post any thoughts, reflections or inspirations you may have experienced after viewing the exhibition and the online catalog. We look forward to generating some lively discussion about the project.
Please note that any obscene or derogatory remarks will be edited and/or deleted. Let's try to keep this fun and educational!
Post away!
-SMoCA Staff
- Finalists ,
posted by cory on 2008-11-06 12:13:19
Use this area to tell us what you think of the final results.
- Installation at SMoCA,
posted by cory on 2008-11-06 12:15:13
If you've been to SMoCA already to view the exhibition, tell us what inspired you about the show.
- A little explanation please...,
posted by TMUhlmann on 2009-03-28 10:12:58
I came to this site to post a reply to an article I read in the NY Times online about Scottsdale, which unlike most other online articles had no place to blog about the matter. Maybe it's like advertising/reporting or something. Whatever.
I'm writing about the comment made by museum interim director Barbara Meyerson, "Here's a pile of lemons, what can I make out of it?" Scottsdale, in any of it's previous or current manifestations, is NOT A PILE OF LEMONS. And it has ALWAYS been a progressive, lively, and forward looking sort of city. And it doesn't matter to my way of thinking what visitors from whatever part of the world want to have in a "tourist destination", what matters is that the city of Scottsdale develop it's own way and let that be the draw.
To my own way of thinking it's currently in the business of envying La Jolla or South Beach a little too much. I assure you those towns, however, don't refer to historic properties as "lemons". I guess when you're in the business of remaking yourself into a luxury destination it must be important to obiterate your mid-century modern past.
I know you don't think that. But don't disrespect your elders by saying things that make it sound like you do, please. My father, who adored Scottsdale, when I asked why one car dealer after another went through the old dealership on the corner of Camelback and Scottsdale Rds., replied quickly and clearly, "Don't make your building more interesting than the product you're selling." The Safari Hotel in it's time was definitely interesting, but I don't think he expected it to carry the burden of making Scottsdale a great place to visit, or to live.
And, on another topic, don't even get me started about the review referring to Arizona style Mexican food as "Tex-Mex"...
Mark Uhlmann
San Francisco
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