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Jun

25

Barnes Backers Dead Serious About It

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Although the Barnes Foundation is pretty much set to move to Philadelphia — at this rate, I expect it to be in Philly just in time for the tricentennial — those rapscallions at Broad Street Review are still protesting the move.

Nothing wrong with that, of course, but apparently people are writing letters to editor Dan Rottenberg — or stopping him on the street, maybe — saying it’s a done deal so his publication should stop writing about it. Let’s take a look:

Why debate moving the Barnes Foundation? It’s a done deal! But so were slavery, segregation and the Soviet Union, once upon a time.

I expect future columns in the BSR on why the United States should not re-instate slavery. And maybe we can get some sort of “underground railroad” to sneak the Barnes paintings back to the suburbs.

‘It’s a done deal’ [Broad Street Review]
 
dmac | 10:16 AM | 3 Comments
Barnes Foundation, Broad Street Review, Segregation, Slavery, Underground Railroad, USSR, WTF
 

Sep

6

Mayor Street Resurfaces, Complains About Suburbs

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Hey, everybody, John Street’s back! Yes, for the first time since he got an iPhone — that price drop has to be making steam come out his ears! — John Street has made a public statement, and it’s to warn all those ruffians making noise that they’d better stop. No, not people shooting other people, but Merion residents suing to keep the Barnes Foundation out of Philadelphia!

Okay, so these lines are getting kind of old, but, whatever, when’s the last time you saw Mayor Street doing anything? After signing the bill that would turn over land on the Ben Franklin Parkway to the Barnes Foundation for the museum’s relocation, he lashed out at the lawsuit filers:

“These are just people who are litigating almost for litigation’s sake.”

Street said some of those suing are the same people who battled the Barnes over a whole host of issues: “In years past, if you didn’t know better, you’d believe that they really didn’t want the Barnes collection there. They’re standing there with meters counting the cars that come in. They did everything they could to restrict access to the collection.”

Actually, that’s how I feel about almost all litigation. Anyway, welcome back, Mr. Mayor!

Mayor Sounds Off At Merion Residents Over Barnes Move [KYW 1060]
 
dmac | 12:50 PM | 2 Comments
Barnes Foundation, John Street, Lawsuits