tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post116855337063103179..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: A Bust for Harvey Milk 1: PressCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1170061596006541232007-01-29T01:06:00.000-08:002007-01-29T01:06:00.000-08:00The sculptures in the photos are mis-attributed. ...The sculptures in the photos are mis-attributed. The one viewed by the mayor, and in the background in the photos of the speakers, is by Eugene Daub, Rob Firmin & Jonah Hendrickson. Cedric Wentworth did the one in dark bronze mounted on an open box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1169681909975182132007-01-24T15:38:00.000-08:002007-01-24T15:38:00.000-08:00i've never understood the idealization of Harvey M...i've never understood the idealization of Harvey Milk -- he certainly was ahead of his time, but I don't see how he's as progressive as people seem to think he is. He was a business owner that pretty much started the mass exodus of what we would call guppies today from the more edgy (and previous center of the gay community) Polk neighborhood. The polk neighborhood as such didn't survive the AIDS epidemic as well as the Castro -- because the Castro was considerably wealthier and farther removed from the "street" elements of the Polk. It was the beginning of the segregation into the educated passable urban gays from the poorer urban edgier fetish gays that couldn't quite "pass." I'm sure Milk would have gone on to do wonderful things, but whether he would considered progressive in our time -- we are only second guessing. <BR/><BR/>As I use to say when people complained about "saving the Castro" -- from what, it's appeal as always been its quaintness and relative upscale nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1168625692925893972007-01-12T10:14:00.000-08:002007-01-12T10:14:00.000-08:00Yes, Bob Ross died a couple of years ago, and ther...Yes, Bob Ross died a couple of years ago, and there was a memorial gathering at the Herbst Theatre where people tried to say nice things about the son-of-a-bitch with varying degrees of success.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1168565504546677752007-01-11T17:31:00.000-08:002007-01-11T17:31:00.000-08:00I guess Bob Ross is dead? Wasn’t Tom Horn lawyer ...I guess Bob Ross is dead? Wasn’t Tom Horn lawyer to one of Bob Ross' entities. So Tom Horn owns BAR?<BR/><BR/>Nostalgic, but creepy. Yeah, way creepy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1168557489266849662007-01-11T15:18:00.000-08:002007-01-11T15:18:00.000-08:00apropos of only the comment on whether the selecti...apropos of only the comment on whether the selection panel "actually listens to the public", not any of the other more interesting subject matter in this blog entry, usually better that art decisions are made by strong smart adventurous people with convictions, than a mish mash of opinions. (seen the california quarter design selection?) <BR/><BR/>my bias being my own increasing crankiness on any "design by committee" dynamics, which unfailingly result in a less effective outcome, and generally satisfies no one. i'd rather risk some dreadful decisions and/or ruffle some feathers.<BR/><BR/>thanks for all this art and politics and peace march reportage.<BR/><BR/>xx,<BR/>eAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com