Geoff Edgers provides the photographic proof that the architect of the new ICA lost out on some award because the winner has a bigger cantilever.

Just doesn't measure up:

Geoff Edgers explains why the ICA's glass elevator keeps not working - it's a weighty issue that is testing the mettle of museum engineers - and the metal of its temporary metal doors.

Jerry reaches out and touches - a giant parrot.

Dramatic.

Mike Mennonno reviews the "Super Vision" exhibit at the new ICA:

... "Super Vision" is an excellent example of bad, bossy curating. ...

Also, it reminds him to urge all men over 50 to get a yearly rectal exam.

Evan, however, loves the new museum (and has the photos to prove it):

... The exhibits were amazing...I definitely cannot wait to go back to see the place during a less crowded time.

Joel Brown is liveblogging the ICA opening - livephotographing, too.

... I'm using ICA wireless from the new Mediatheque, which hangs down from the cantilevered roof like the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, staring down at the water. ...

The Globe's Geoff Edgers provides more links, including one to his debut as a TV reporter at the ICA.

Jason Feiffer reviews the snacks at the opening.

Dec. 10 for the new museum, Geoff Edgers reports.

Joel Brown notes the construction delays mean the opening conflicts with a big contemporary-art show in Miami: I'm kind of surprised no one has been sued yet.

Geoff Edgers says maybe mid-November, but he wouldn't bet on it.

OK, call us nuts, but we had dinner at Anthony's Pier 4 tonight. I know, I know, nobody eats there anymore, at least not anybody who lives inside 128 (and indeed, our waitress seemed a bit surprised when she asked us where we were from and we said "here!" and, yes, we were surrounded by parents bringing their kids to school and Japanese businessmen and, based on the White Sox cap one of them was wearing, people from the Midwest). But it was good - good food and good service (although we didn't order any wine; the people next to us ordered wine to go with their calamari, the wine didn't come, the waitress said she couldn't bring it and when they asked if she could send over the wine steward, the guy took his time and then slowly walked over and said "can I help you?" as if the people were disturbing him somehow and as if the restaurant weren't mostly empty).

In any case, there are some great views from the restaurant and its pier. The Deer Island sewage treatment plant (above), normally gray, gray and more gray, turned a nice orangish shade for a couple of minutes at sunset. And the new ICA is quite dramatic at night:

James Hull describes the new museum on Big Red Shiny:

... First impression: WOW! ...