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[lindsey]

No, Mith, I'm not the Lindsey that you know. I still live in F-ville.

My personal beef with the subject is that it's her personal collection, and I, personally, don't like it. If she was ONLY catering to her own personal art collection, I would think that CB is serving a very narrow purpose- but, as we've already established, Walton is indeed allowing room for other exhibits. Awesome.

Seriously, though. I halfway expected to see something by Thomas Kincaid hidden in her collection somewhere.

[Mith242]

I see your point but right now just having anything certainly helps northwest Arkansas.  As far as what all is in her collection or what's going to be on display.  You never know, she's been rather secretive about all of this for quite a while.  It's obvious she's been planning something like this for a while.  I wouldn't be surprised if she had a few more surprises up her sleeve.  I wouldn't be too surprised if she has some other artwork she hasn't made public yet.

[Khashbaatar_Tsagaanbaatar]

Is it true that the Waltons paid the most money ever for an American painting?  I could be wrong, as the grapevine frequently morphs the intended sentence into altogether new and (in this case) more exciting ones.

[Arkansawyer]

Khashbaatar_Tsagaanbaatar, on Jun 23 2005, 09:36 PM, said:

Is it true that the Waltons paid the most money ever for an American painting?  I could be wrong, as the grapevine frequently morphs the intended sentence into altogether new and (in this case) more exciting ones.

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Yes, Alice Walton purchased "Kindred Spirits" by Asher Durand for $35 million, the record for an American painting.

Edited by Arkansawyer, 23 June 2005 - 10:49 PM.

[Mith242]

I wish I didn't have to wait till 2009 for it to open.  That's still a while away.  I know that in Arkansas projects usually tend to take longer, but that's public projects not private ones.

[mcheiss]

So can anyone see a connection possibly between what the Walton Arts Center did for Fayetteville, possibly happening to Bentonville?

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Sep 29 2005, 06:52 PM, said:

So can anyone see a connection possibly between what the Walton Arts Center did for Fayetteville, possibly happening to Bentonville?

Yes, in fact I think a number of people are expecting Bentonville to benefit just as Fayetteville has.  Although Dickson St I believe is a bit different than that area of Bentonville.  But it still should be a big boost to that area and the city.

[mcheiss]

Mith242, on Oct 10 2005, 05:34 AM, said:

Yes, in fact I think a number of people are expecting Bentonville to benefit just as Fayetteville has.  Although Dickson St I believe is a bit different than that area of Bentonville.  But it still should be a big boost to that area and the city.

Good to hear from you Mith!

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Oct 10 2005, 01:32 PM, said:

Good to hear from you Mith!

Thanks, I'm back from vacation now.  Looks like I'll be a bit busy trying to read up on everything that has been going on.  I nice change from when I was away for a while earlier this year and it only took me a few minutes to catch up.  

[mcheiss]

Mith242, on Oct 10 2005, 03:10 PM, said:

Thanks, I'm back from vacation now.  Looks like I'll be a bit busy trying to read up on everything that has been going on.  I nice change from when I was away for a while earlier this year and it only took me a few minutes to catch up.  

A lot's happened since you left.

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Oct 10 2005, 03:26 PM, said:

A lot's happened since you left.

Yeah I've noticed, it's nice to see all the activity around here.      I think there have been around 200 additional posts since I left.

[Mith242]

Well apparently some early stages of construction started today at the site for Crystal Bridges.  But it doesn't look like any major construction will occur till next year.

[Aporkalypse]

My knock on Crystal Bridges is that instead of making one major arts center in Fayetteville (combined with Walton Arts Center), this leaves to separate less notable centers.  A large landmark center in Fayetteville would've made more sense, IMO.  I think this is another case of Benton Co working against Fayetteville and ultimately preventing urban core formation in NWA.

[mcheiss]

Aporkalypse, on Oct 11 2005, 09:42 AM, said:

My knock on Crystal Bridges is that instead of making one major arts center in Fayetteville (combined with Walton Arts Center), this leaves to separate less notable centers.  A large landmark center in Fayetteville would've made more sense, IMO.  I think this is another case of Benton Co working against Fayetteville and ultimately preventing urban core formation in NWA.

I will agree with you on that one. Coordination between regional and city leaders must happen along with civic and respectable leaders if we ever want to have an urban core in Northwest Arkansas. We have to wake up an realize we have to work together.

[Mith242]

Aporkalypse, on Oct 11 2005, 09:42 AM, said:

My knock on Crystal Bridges is that instead of making one major arts center in Fayetteville (combined with Walton Arts Center), this leaves to separate less notable centers.  A large landmark center in Fayetteville would've made more sense, IMO.  I think this is another case of Benton Co working against Fayetteville and ultimately preventing urban core formation in NWA.

I too agree with this.  I think if they knew what would happen in Benton County back when they first built the Walton Art Center here in Fayetteville they might have reconsidered and built it in Benton County instead.  It's nice to see what is happening in Benton County but I've wondered if this means that Fayetteville will start playing a lesser role in northwest Arkansas as a whole.  Don't get me wrong Fayetteville is nice and has it's own developments.  But Rogers seems to be taking center stage in that area.  Overall I guess it probably just means there probably won't ever be a main urban core here in northwest Arkansas.

[mcheiss]

Mith242, on Oct 11 2005, 04:11 PM, said:

I too agree with this.  I think if they knew what would happen in Benton County back when they first built the Walton Art Center here in Fayetteville they might have reconsidered and built it in Benton County instead.  It's nice to see what is happening in Benton County but I've wondered if this means that Fayetteville will start playing a lesser role in northwest Arkansas as a whole.  Don't get me wrong Fayetteville is nice and has it's own developments.  But Rogers seems to be taking center stage in that area.  Overall I guess it probably just means there probably won't ever be a main urban core here in northwest Arkansas.

Probably not, but I am sure that Urban cores (smaller in extent ) will for in Rogers and Fayetteville.

[mcheiss]

Looks like the developers of Crystal Bridges are now considering a possible trolley system running from Downtown Bentonville to the museum.

They say that traffic is a considerable problem and this would be one way to solve such problems.

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Oct 31 2005, 02:44 PM, said:

Looks like the developers of Crystal Bridges are now considering a possible trolley system running from Downtown Bentonville to the museum.

They say that traffic is a considerable problem and this would be one way to solve such problems.

That sounds like a good idea.  I know even less about Bentonville than I do about Rogers.  But I thought I had heard talk of them worried about having traffic problems around Crystal Bridges.  Maybe they can also eventually extend the trolley system out into other areas of Bentonville and maybe even Rogers.

[mcheiss]

Mith242, on Oct 31 2005, 03:17 PM, said:

That sounds like a good idea.  I know even less about Bentonville than I do about Rogers.  But I thought I had heard talk of them worried about having traffic problems around Crystal Bridges.  Maybe they can also eventually extend the trolley system out into other areas of Bentonville and maybe even Rogers.

That would be excellent.

Hopefully urban condos and more front street retail can come to downtown Bentonville. I'd say that Bentonville's downtown is probably better than Rogers and has a lot of potential. This trolley system could help more urban dwelling projects to be more centralized.

The trolley system would work well to connect with other places in Benton County like Pinnacle area, Walmart HQ, and all of the downtown areas. There's been a lot of talk about condos and such going out there.

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Oct 31 2005, 04:21 PM, said:

That would be excellent.

Hopefully urban condos and more front street retail can come to downtown Bentonville. I'd say that Bentonville's downtown is probably better than Rogers and has a lot of potential. This trolley system could help more urban dwelling projects to be more centralized.

The trolley system would work well to connect with other places in Benton County like Pinnacle area, Walmart HQ, and all of the downtown areas. There's been a lot of talk about condos and such going out there.

I've heard a little about Bentonville's downtown area but not a whole lot about Rogers.  Are there many old buildings there, or any way you'd like to describe it?  Too bad you broke your camera, hope it wasn't a very expensive camera.