Air & Space Museum in New York City re-opened in honor
of Veteran's Day. Chicago Scenic Studios, Inc. is proud to
have been part of the significant revitalization.
The floating museum, docked at Pier 86 on the Hudson River
in Manhattan, is housed in the U.S.S. Intrepid, an aircraft carrier
that served in World War II and again during the Vietnam War.
The $115 million renovation was designed in part by Chicago's
Eva Maddox of Eva Maddox Branded Environments /
Perkins + Will Architects.
Since this renovation allows visitors access to areas of the ship
that have not previously been public, much of the work that
Chicago Scenic performed involved installing protective gates
and railings that allow access to new areas of the ship while
maintaining guest safety standards. In the ship's Foc's'sle
(the forecastle of the ship), we installed protective acrylic
covers to preserve graffiti and artwork that shipmates had
inscribed on the ship, much of it dating back to the 1940s.
Chicago Scenic also installed signage on the flight deck
commemorating donors and trustees.
4 comments:
I'm glad protective measures have been instated on the Intrepid. I went there a few times as a kid and I still remember the few jackasses who managed to scribble over the ship.
It's a really great museum, and I'm glad that it's finally getting a little more attention.
I saw a history channel special on the museum renovation and an interesting part of the logistics was that they had to build a new pier for the Intrepid, which required towing it out of the mud it was in and to NJ so that it could be worked on. It's an interesting problem to have the museum moving around on you.
Though I have never been on the Intrepid, I would imagine it not very conducive to OSHA standards for buildings, with narrow passages and such. I wonder if they had to/how these issues were addressed.
One of my favorite museums back home is the Bowfin, a WWII sub that has had similar renovations to it. I've always wondered what sorts of the things the military has had to remove or mask with fake parts in order to keep certain items from the public. Even on an aircraft carrier as old as the Intrepid, there are probably some bits that had to be removed according to military standards.
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