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St. Paul's Church comes into its shell
By adamg on Fri, 05/03/2013 - 11:20am
Chris Walton shows the Cathedral Church of St. Paul has installed its new pediment, the one designed by Donald Lipski.
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Beautiful addition to one of
Beautiful addition to one of the best buildings in Boston.
But wait, there's more
Isn't this also supposed to be back lit at night? Will have to check it out
The color clashes with that
The color clashes with that stone. It looks like plastic swimming pool liner with a soft swirl ice cream design. Can I get a large vanilla?
Re the color clashes with that
There's word that the artist chose that shade of blue because it matches the blue in the
Re the color clashes with that — Second try
Half of what I wrote disappeared. Sorry!
They say that the artist chose that shade of blue because it matches the color in the Episcopal Shield: http://archive.episcopalchurch.org/Imageshop_345_E...
I must say I like it.
I must say I like it.
A very nice design
for somewhere else. It seems completely wrong for that location.
I'm not sure it's finished
I'm not sure the installation is finished -- based on the original artist's drawings it looks like what's in place now is framework to which some rounder and more three-dimensional pieces are still to be added; also, in the original drawing the shell design was freestanding; I believe the blue stuff looks like temporary support.
It's almost finished
There's more information here: http://www.stpaulboston.org/.
Why does it look. so different?
Compare this artist's rendering:
with the picture Chris Walton took the other day:
notice that in all the promotional material, the spiral arms of the nautilus shell are rounded, sweeping, organic shapes, whereas in the recent photo, the spiral arms appear to be flat rectangular bar stock.
Also, in the artists rendering and promotional materials, there was a substantial gap between the nautilus figure and the blue backdrop, whereas in the recent photo the figure appears to be pressed right against the backdrop.
I like the nautilus as it looks now: I think it's striking and dramatic without being gaudy, and I expect it to stand the test of time. But I liked the way it looked in the artists renderings a lot better.
Cool!
I kind of like it!
I like it! Is this a
I like it! Is this a permanent thing? I don't remember what the pediment looked like before.
And, to those who are going to ask, this building is not landmarked.
Yep, permanent
What was there before was a series of large slate (?) tiles that looked like they were put there as a temporary measure until the permanent design was put in place - for several decades, I guess.
Right--it's all coming back
Right--it's all coming back to me now.
I saw it today
as I walked by and snapped a pic. It's very ugly. I hope it's not finished.
Looks Terrible
Hopefully there are further plans...
Gorgeous
It's beautiful. I used to work in that building. When I first went to my interview, I couldn't find the darn place because it blended right into the buildings around it. This is a definite improvement. The only problem is that now the rest of the structure looks shabby.