From dgw1@nyu.edu Wed May 21 07:35:07 2003 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h4LEZ61M043156 for ; Wed, 21 May 2003 07:35:06 -0700 Received: from mx2.nyu.edu (MX2.NYU.EDU [128.122.108.103]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h4LEYe85030684 for ; Wed, 21 May 2003 07:34:41 -0700 Received: from homemail.nyu.edu (H2.HOME.NYU.EDU [128.122.108.42]) by mx2.nyu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4LEYa5l004435 for ; Wed, 21 May 2003 10:34:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [216.165.5.105] by mail.nyu.edu (mshttpd); Wed, 21 May 2003 10:34:36 -0400 From: Diana Wright To: classics@u.washington.edu Message-ID: <438983434584.434584438983@homemail.nyu.edu> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 10:34:36 -0400 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.15 (built Apr 28 2003) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en Subject: Acropolis Museum X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=XIIIIII, Probability=16%, Report="RCVD_IN_OSIRUSOFT_COM, SUPERLONG_LINE, US_DOLLARS_2, X_ACCEPT_LANG, X_OSIRU_DUL, X_OSIRU_DUL_FH, __EVITE_CTYPE, __HAS_X_MAILER" Arts Briefing By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER IGHLIGHTS Despite the authority of the NYTimes, this museum is not, NOT, ON the Acropolis. It is below, at, by, beside the Acropolis, near the theaters. DW GREECE: ACROPOLIS MUSEUM RULING Greece's highest court has ruled against government plans to construct a $105 million glass museum on the Acropolis in Athens, the BBC reported yesterday. The decision was interpreted as a setback for the government's effort to win the return from Britain of the so-called Elgin Marbles, fragments of the frieze that once adorned the Parthenon on the Acropolis. The 2,500-year-old sculptures have been in the British Museum since 1816. Greece had hoped that the new museum would induce Britain to return the marbles for display during the Olympic Games next year in Athens. Local residents and cultural organizations argued that the impact of construction on nearby antiquities was not addressed by a study of the proposed museum. The museum was designed by Bernard Tschumi of New York, who will step down on June 30 as dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. The BBC report said that although the decision by the Council of State had not been published, it was customary in Greece to release news of rulings first to reporters. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/21/arts/21ARTS.html .