The
War Memorial building designed by the late architect Eero Saarinen, a
modernist icon with a floating cruciform shape, was built in 1957 as a
memorial to those who served
in the U.S. Armed Services. The modest-sized Milwaukee Art Center, as
the museum was called then, was housed in the lower level. Later, the
museum grew enough to prompt an addition, designed by David Kahler in
1972.
The
museum occupies about 70% of the Saarinen and Kahler buildings. The
2001 Calatrava addition is separately owned and operated by MAM.
Today,
the Kahler and Saarinen buildings, owned by Milwaukee County and
operated by the War Memorial Corp., are leaking and show crumbling
concrete, among other problems. They
have suffered from years of deferred maintenance, according to an audit
by the county last year and several independent studies commissioned by
the museum.
"You
could reasonably argue that we haven't done a great job of taking care
of the War Memorial," said county executive Chris Abele. "In a building
dedicated to veterans where
there is visible crumbling, it sends a terrible message. We can do
better than that."
Milwaukee Art Museum Proposes New Building for War Memorial (JSOnline via Arch. Record)
A blown underground transformer has caused a power outage in the area of Auto Center Drive and Gale Avenue.
Power
went out in the commercial area around 6:30 or 7 p.m. Tuesday evening,
said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Kelly Huffman. The outage has
effected businesses along
Gale east of Azusa Avenue, including several auto dealerships and the
Home Depot, she said.
Southern
California Edison is on the scene and is working to get power restored,
she said, adding that there is no estimated time for when the
transformer will be fixed.
Deputies from the Industry station are doing traffic control through the intersections where power is out, she said.
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