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4 comments:
Very interesting. I've been told the interior has been completely renovated, but in this view, not so much!
Wombat,
When you say "completely renovate" do you mean the "shape" of the exhibit has changed, or has the shape stayed the same and the "hooked" overhang/barrier has been removed and plants planted and landscaping changed?
By the way, welcome and we are glad to have you, and look forward to your comments
Wade
I had always understood that the interior of the entire building had been redone, which I assumed meant completely gutted. But this exhibit is the same shape, same arrangement of pools, same division of enclosures, same windows, the whole basic structure looks the same. As you say the landscaping has been redone (many times)and the barrier is different - but it's in the same place.
The hallways that you can see in the distance of the photo also seem to be the same layout. I would love to see more!
Wombat,
I have always assumed completely renovated meant repainted, reroofed, sandblasted, etc. with the interior normally having any bar's removed and often glass added with the basic shape staying the same, but utilized for another species of animal more suited for the space. I think that is the ideal "renovation", but yes, often times the interior structure is completely changed in shape, ie a feline house that used to have 6 small cages along each wall, and it is changed to have 3 larger cages along each wall. A lot of zoo's have done an incredibly masterful job of renovating, and adding the new with the old. Audubon, Lincoln Park, the Bronx, St. Louis, the National, Cincinnati, are a few that come to me at the moment. I will see what else I have, as I love the old zoological buildings, and I am equally impressed with what some of the progressive ones have done in the way of changing with the times, for the absolute well being of the animals.
Wade
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