CHANGES FOR COPPER CURTAIN MAY COST AS MUCH AS $200,000.Byline: Cecilia Chan Daily News Staff Writer It's going to cost a pretty penny to put a new face on the much-maligned Copper Curtain - somewhere between $100,000 and $200,000. A company has responded to the city's request for proposals to redesign the $150,000, 50-by-50-foot artwork of copper strips that was installed five years ago on the outside wall of the Civic Arts Plaza. ``Just one company responded to the several options,'' said Tom Mitze, city theater director, who was charged with finding a design team. He declined to name the firm because the information has not yet gone before the City Council. Mitze said he thinks the uniqueness of the project is the reason only one company responded. ``The Copper Curtain is hanging up 100 feet in the air outside of the building,'' he said. ``It's unusual, really. It's a work of sculpture as well as an architectural feature.'' Ballpark figures ballpark figure n (inf) → chiffre approximatif ballpark figure (inf) n → Richtzahl f ballpark figure n ( range from $100,000 to $200,000, depending on which of three options is chosen: overlaying o·ver·lay 1 tr.v. o·ver·laid , o·ver·lay·ing, o·ver·lays 1. To lay or spread over or on. 2. a. the curtain with the city seal of an oak tree; adding the plaza's muse Muse In Greco-Roman religion and myth, any of a group of sister goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory). A festival was held in their honour every four years near Mount Helicon, the centre of their cult in Greece. logo; or, as suggested by the bidder, a combination of the two designs, Mitze said. The company did not respond with a cost proposal to the city's option of removing the curtain and painting a mural mural Painting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. on the wall. City Manager MaryJane Lazz said the material will be presented to the City Council in the next month or so for review. Where the money to pay for the project will come from has not been determined, she said, adding: ``We will give the council a number of different options.'' In an attempt to appease ap·pease tr.v. ap·peased, ap·peas·ing, ap·peas·es 1. To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe. 2. To satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst. 3. a public outcry that the curtain is unsightly un·sight·ly adj. un·sight·li·er, un·sight·li·est Unpleasant or offensive to look at; unattractive. See Synonyms at ugly. un and resembles an oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. air vent, the city held two telephone polls on proposed designs that would enhance the copper structure. The oak tree, muse and mural options resulted from that poll. Last year the council approved up to $20,000 to hire the design team to do the work. If the council moves forward on the face-lift, the city still would need to go out for proposals to find a company to the actual work, Mitze said. The Copper Curtain was intended to represent a stage curtain, symbolizing sym·bol·ize v. sym·bol·ized, sym·bol·iz·ing, sym·bol·iz·es v.tr. 1. To serve as a symbol of: the two theaters. But the curtain's original design was changed by city officials who feared the loose-hanging strips would bang against the building and disrupt performances or fly off during a strong wind and hit nearby motorists. |
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