http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/08/museum-will-be-bigger-smaller-at-the-same-time/ Media and news from the original river city Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:56:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/08/museum-will-be-bigger-smaller-at-the-same-time/comment-page-1/#comment-89081 pollypeoria Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:11:58 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/06/08/museum-will-be-bigger-smaller-at-the-same-time/#comment-89081 Nooooo......  we're not making it smaller because a lack of donations.  We're making it smaller because construction costs have increased.  Yeah, yeah, <em>that's</em>  it.  Bigger isn't always better, you know.  We want something more elegant, understated, a bit reserved.  Classy.  Yeah, that's the ticket.  Less brash, less flash, more educational, less touristy.  It's supposed to be a museum not Disney, after all. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.  I made a lot of these same statements after my parents informed me that I would have to pay for my own wedding. Nooooo……  we're not making it smaller because a lack of donations.  We're making it smaller because construction costs have increased.  Yeah, yeah, that's  it.  Bigger isn't always better, you know.  We want something more elegant, understated, a bit reserved.  Classy.  Yeah, that's the ticket.  Less brash, less flash, more educational, less touristy.  It's supposed to be a museum not Disney, after all. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.  I made a lot of these same statements after my parents informed me that I would have to pay for my own wedding.

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