Quote Originally Posted by Just the facts View Post
Most kids don't care about architecture and that is the fundamental problem with this proposal. A children's museum should be about kids, not about saving a building from a wrecking ball. As I said earlier, it is too bad an otherwise noble cause is being subjugated to saving a building. OKC could easily build a world class Children's Museum for half the cost of just getting stage center in good enough condition to have the orange warning sticker taken off the doors. It is such a shame that money in this instance would be spent on concrete and sheet metal instead of hands on activities for the children the whole projected is supposedly being done for. I hate to use the term 'human shield', especially when discussing children, but this seems to be getting pretty close to it in my view.

With all the vacant land around downtown wouldn't it make much more sense to build from the ground up, have a better facility, and save $20 million in the process?
It ain't my money. If some guy wants to spend 30 mil to fix up Stage Center, more power to him. It doesn't hurt me. It doesn't matter what you or I would spend our money on. I'm not going to begrudge them the chance to fix it up if they can find some rich person who wants to spend money on this project.

The last time I was in Stage Center, I was a little kid. I think we went on a field trip there or something. Maybe I've never been in it. I do remember running up and down the ramps when I was about 9 or 10. Maybe we went inside. It would have still been open then. It seemed like some big jungle gym or something. I think kids would like it. It's fun and different and ugly as hell, but kids wouldn't care about that. It looks like something designed to be played on.

As far as investments go, there's a spectrum. On the one end, you have "spend all the money on a new children's museum". On the other end, you have "save Stage Center". It's entirely possible that at some point in between, you inspire an investor. "Build a children's museum AND save this big weird thing? Sold!" It doesn't necessarily matter that it's not the most efficient way to do it. If that's what their pet millionaire wants, then shine on you crazy diamond.