Architect Shares His Vision for Wrigley Field Online

From Chicagoist.com

And a link to the architect's site:
http://trianglebuilding.blogspot.com/

9 months ago John916 16 comments 0 recs |

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Interesting stuff.

I know that this project keeps morphing, and it’s now ten years after it was originally proposed. We’ll see what happens.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 13, 2011 11:28 AM CDT reply actions

I like it. Thanks for sharing.

Now let’s find a way to get the darn thing done. Cubs hall of fame is way overdue. I could see the statues moving closer to the triangle building.

We'll miss you Big Boy. #10 for Hall of Fame.

by mrcubsfan on Sep 13, 2011 11:28 AM CDT reply actions

a Cubs "monument park" would be great to have

for one of the oldest and most storied clubs out there

Although I’d like to see the actual statues stay in their places, encircling the field that they so dearly love

but a monument park with the appropriate plaques and dedications to players/performances/important events over our loooonnnggggg timeline would be an excellent idea, kinda jealous I’ve never thought of that

~Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs~ George F. Will

by unretrofied93 on Sep 13, 2011 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Statues

I’d agree with that unretrofied. Its nice to have the statues scattered around a bit – it allows people to wander a bit more, and take in the whole ballpark from the outside.

by John916 on Sep 13, 2011 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions

From a college project to a real business

“They were very insistent about some things – like the relationship between the museum and store,” Sandberg continued.

Welcome to capitalism.

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by RiskyBusiness on Sep 13, 2011 1:12 PM CDT reply actions

That doesn't surprise you, does it?

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by Al Yellon on Sep 13, 2011 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions

No it doesn't

I’ve seen worse. We went to Niagara Falls (Canada side) and we did Journey Behind the Falls. You take an elevator down and you can walk to openings directly behind the falls, and to can go out to an observation deck next to the falls. Amazingly beautiful. Then you take the elavator back up and the door opens directly into the gift shop. To go outside, you must walk through the gift shop.

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by RiskyBusiness on Sep 13, 2011 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Pretty much every modern museum or exhibit of this type does that.

It really doesn’t bother me. If I’m not interested, I just walk through and out.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 13, 2011 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions

I was gonna say that being named Sandberg doesn't hurt

but then again, I’m not so sure.

by Bradsbeard on Sep 13, 2011 2:17 PM CDT reply actions

Helps more than

being named Quade

I'm a Cubs fan. The Jaded Bitterness comes as a Standard Feature.

by timh815 on Sep 13, 2011 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions

So the Architect was a Notre dame student

And Crane Kenney is a ND grad. So now I have to envision Wrigley Field with a golden dome over the scoreboard. This is getting pricey.

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by RiskyBusiness on Sep 13, 2011 4:00 PM CDT reply actions

I even see multiple similarities between the two teams on the field.....

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by unretrofied93 on Sep 14, 2011 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions

I talked to Todd Rickets

during the last homestand. I suggested have Cubs fans donate one dollar to get this thing built he gave me a luke warm response to it. Basically he said we play enough to get to Wrigley. I said well why not have the people who care about Wrigley the most help get this thing done. He said thanks and continued walking.

If it was easy it wouldn't be the Cubs.

by Cubbinstrongsince86 on Sep 13, 2011 8:43 PM CDT reply actions

They should build the Triangle Building immediately.

Sever it from their request for public funds for Wrigley.

This building is anticipated to be a money-maker, and the Ricketts were planning to build it with their own funds anyway.

Moreover, their attempt to wed the publicly-funded Wrigley remodel to the privately-funded Triangle building were laughed off. There’s absolutely no leverage to be gained by promising this “community improvement” in exchange for public stadium funds.

So why wait?

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by D98 on Sep 14, 2011 12:22 PM CDT reply actions