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Is there any medium with a shorter attention span than television? Year in and year out, dozens of new shows go on the air; but we only really remember the hits. That's why a museum capable of restoring some perspective to the history of television would be such a cool thing. Unfortunately, it doesn't look the Museum of Broadcast Communications will be opening anytime soon.
This isn't the first time the MBC has been delayed. But now the non-profit org has been hit with a foreclosure lawsuit by its general contractor. Pepper Construction alleges that since 2005 it has done $7.3 million worth of work but has only been paid $2.9 million. Work on the new facility at State & Kinzie has been suspended since May of 2006. And until museum CEO Bruce DuMont can scare up some new funding, the jackhammers are likely to remain silent.
speculative drawing of the completed MBC via chicago1000
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I hope this doesn't eventually turn out like the shiteous journalism museum in D.C. ugh.
It's a real shame that in a city with such a rich and deep tradition of radio and TV we can't get a building built to house a museum.
Then again, they did select a ridiculous site. Like the Children's museum, this would have been cheaper to build outside of downtown.
I always wondered what was going on (or not going on) at that intersection. Must have missed this announcement.
If a museum, any museum, can't raise the private funds necessary to get the project going, then that museum might not merit such an expensive site and building. That is, the interest from the public just might not be there.
How many people will attend this museum? It's potential might be less that what the originators conceived.
Considering these points, I do not support a taxpayer bailout of this project. Perhaps, as they were before in the Cultural Center, the operators of this museum might look into being tenants in a different building, i.e., a building owned and operated by someone else.
Cool drawing...