http://bostonist.com/2006/12/11/new_ica_opens_boston_discovers_silver_line_harborwalk.php All comments for New ICA Opens, Boston Discovers Silver Line, Harborwalk en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/11/new_ica_opens_boston_discovers_silver_line_harborwalk.php#comment-817985 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/11/new_ica_opens_boston_discovers_silver_line_harborwalk.php#comment-817985 Comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:53:45 -0500 <p>The vertical glass planks on the fourth floor of the remarkable ICA are LINIT channel glass, supplied by Bendheim Wall Systems and cast by Lamberts in Germany. Other Boston projects with LINIT channel glass include the award-winning Atelier 505, designed by Machado and Silvetti. BWS is proud to have supplied the channel glass chosen and installed at Boston’s first new art museum in 100 years and the first American building by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the first architecture recipients of a MacArthur Award (when they were Diller Scofidio). BWS eagerly awaits the spring 2007 opening of the largest channel glass project in North America, the Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. Architect Steven Holl's exceptional design features 100,000 square feet of custom sandblasted LINIT channel glass, images on the Museum's and architect Steven Holl's sites. For more information on LINIT channel glass, call me at Bendheim Wall Systems, exclusive North American distributor of LINIT, 800-221-7379 X223 or email me at mfink@bendheim.com. Thank you, Marc Fink.</p> http://bostonist.com/2006/12/11/new_ica_opens_boston_discovers_silver_line_harborwalk.php#comment-808060 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/11/new_ica_opens_boston_discovers_silver_line_harborwalk.php#comment-808060 Comments Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:57:06 -0500 <p>What a disaster the ICA "open house" was on Sunday. The wait was as much as three hours at its peak. The ICA staff were clearly unprepared for handling crowds of that size, and were reduced to pointing out that people could come back any Thursday evening when there is free admission. (Too bad if you already paid for gas and parking on Sunday.) And of course there won't be any performances on Thursday evenings, which is what lured a lot of people on Sunday to begin with. Clearly what the ICA should have done is have a week-long open house and allow people to make advance reservations, so there'd be no mad crush to get in. They should understand that "open house" does not mean "all-day commitment". It will be interesting to see what the ICA does to dispel the ill will they have generated.</p>