Royal Ontario Museum: The Lee-Chin ''Crystal''

[MrRaretunes]

interesting back story.Ya it's menh,like most TO puritan dull lust for life zest,CN tower the amazing exception,360 resto=Brilliant

[RoulinBrooks]

@MrRaretunes I agree with you. I've never been to the 360 restaurant. That restaurant had a *terrible* reputation for years and years. Just awful food apparently. But a number of years ago they shook things up and it's supposed to be just great now. One of these I'll have to go up there and try it.

[MrRaretunes]

@RoulinBrooks It's actually very close to 5 star dining,$55 gets you a lovely 4 course meal and a free ride($30 value)up the tower,and in summer you can beat the 90-120 min lines!!Caught the Air Show there!!

[MrRaretunes]

@MrRaretunes visited ROM yesterday,the interior extension design is absolutely pitiful,as cheery as a Walmart,seriously pitiful and disappointing !!!Wgat a shame,and lets not even get started on AGO!!!

[RoulinBrooks]

@MrRaretunes I like the AGO reno. Why don't you like it?

[RoulinBrooks]

@xxxTHExDEADxMANxxx Everyone has their own tastes, of course. From what I've heard, most people don't like it. I think that it's questionable to build something like this when its very design makes it difficult to display things (no right angles inside, no regular walls). To me it's just another crazily over budget Liebeskind ego trip. Meh.

[adambombiswaycool]

Thank you for ruining the look of the building. 

[RoulinBrooks]

@adambombiswaycool I 100% agree. A real abomination.

[wgordon8]

 a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend.

[RoulinBrooks]

@wgordon8 Agreed. Every time I see it I hate it a little more. Someone should put Liebeskind on a rocket ship and send him to the moon.

[wiserworld]

Good commentary. Trying at least to look at the pos. aspects as well.

[3461167]

the extension is amazing.

critics are only good at pointing out what they dont like.. i want to see you design a building half as bold.

[mollyrandom]

you dont pronounce the 2nd "E" on Liebeskind.... just wanted to let ya know. I am doing an article on the Crystal. I personaly dont like the clash between victorian and futuristic architecture....its interesting...but not my favorite.

[RoulinBrooks]

So it's "Leebskind"? Thanks very much for letting me know! Better to know sooner than much later that I'm mispronouncing something.

I just read in the newspaper that they're building some new Liebeskind monstrosity in Toronto. When will we smarten up?

[eaglefly23]

this building is ugly!

[RoulinBrooks]

The original building is nice, but I agree with you about the addition. Ugly. Liebeskind is a hack.

[Laucheehung]

wow interesting, i never knew it was supposed to be glass...i think it would of looked absolutely stunning if they hadn't changed to aluminum D:

[TorontoChannel]

I arrived to early for the dinosaur exhibition! But I did see a couple of the dinosaur models there and they were fantastic.

[TorontoChannel]

I love bagpipes as I'm Scottish lol! been there and its a fantastic museum, never had the bagpipes though.

[RoulinBrooks]

The museum is good, but I really don't like the "crystal" addition. A couple of weeks ago I saw it after a snow fall and all the windows were covered in snow. No one could see in and out.  Brilliant. Nice going, Liebeskind.