Tuesday, January 20, 2026

NEW LOBBY

 

Recent posts have shown the interior of the renovated Powell Symphony Hall  in all its old-fashioned opulence. A big part of the project was a large addition to the building on two sides; the whole thing is now called the Jack C. Taylor Music Center. (Mr. Taylor was the the founder of a large international car rental company based here.) It's a huge benefit to the organization, with space for modern offices, meeting and rehearsal rooms, musicians' dressing rooms and lounges, the music library and more. However, the new public areas strike us as sterile, in sharp contrast to the opulent old interior. Maybe  people will get used to it. They did to the glass pyramid at the Louvre.                  

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