+ PAGE 6 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN KANSAN PUZZLES + SPONSORED BY ACROSS ORDER ONLINE MINSKYS.COM ACROSS 1 Overly theatrical 5 Pitcher's chapeau 8 Memo writer's "Now!" 12 Eastern bigwig (Var.) 13 Actor Tognazzi 14 "Monopoly" pair 15 Buck 17 Bullets 18 Switch-blade 19 Wet 21 Notion 24 Work with 25 Equitable 28 Culture medium 30 Eve, originally 33 "— Lay Dying" 34 Eugene O'Neill specialty 35 Geological period 36 Emeril's interjection + 37 Con 38 Showing signs of aging 39 Skillet 41 Advantage 43 Caviar provider 46 Point of view 50 Valhalla VIP 51 Didn't quite boil 54 Schism 55 Excessively 56 Peruse 57 Piano lineup 58 Picnic invader 59 Distorted DOWN 1 Barrel 2 Infamous idi 3 "La Boheme" role 4 Gain 5 Prompt 6 Earlier 7 Frogs' hangout 8 Either of two presidents 9 One with a silly smile 10 Pinnacle 11 Laborer 16 Started 20 Emanation 22 Have coming 23 Marble variety 25 Poke 26 Dos Passos, trilogy 27 Clear up 29 In the thick of 31 401(k) alternative 32 Cove 34 "Phoooey!" 38 Groups of species 40 Some of the family 42 Whale group 43 Jurist Robert 44 Actress Falco 45 "The Thin Man" dog 47 Got bigger 48 Mad king of literature 49 Vortex 52 Charged bit 53 Witticism 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ___ ___ 13 ___ 14 ___ 15 ___ 16 ___ 17 ___ 18 ___ 19 20 ___ ___ 10 11
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MIKE GROLL/ASSOCIATED PRESS Modernist gem or eyesore? NYC building again stirs debate MICHAEL HILL Associated Press GOSHEN, N.Y. — From the time it was built in this quaint village 45 years ago, the county building has stirred strong opinions for its modernism-meets-Mayberry look: a geometric jumble of irregularly stacked concrete-and-glass boxes. While the Orange County Government Center has been hailed by architectural experts as a modernist treasure, many residents have viewed it as just an odd, ugly place to apply for a driver's license. As crews prepare to renovate and partially demolish the sprawling building in this suburban and rural county 50 miles northwest of Manhattan, local preservationists are fighting in court to halt a project they say will permanently disfigure the landmark. Arnie Weintraub poses on April 2 in Goshen, N.Y. Weintraub, a resident, said the new Orange County's government center is "a horrible-looking building." The long, heated debate over suburban government center could finally be ending with renovations next month that would trade in stack-of-asymmetric-concrete-boxes look for a sleeker, more anonymous facade. Many locals have more mixed feelings. "From the outside, it's a horrible-looking building," said resident Arnie Weintraub. "It doesn't fit the right look of our village, or town, or area," added Brian Dunley, as he worked on a bike at his Joe Fix Its shop. "It's here. Should it be? I don't think so. But it's here." The building was designed by the late architect Paul Rudolph, MIKE GROLL/ASSOCIATED PRESS "At the time that GENE KAUFMAN New York City architect Michelangelo and Da Vinci were painting there were a lot of other painters who had greater favor among people. It took a while." But complaints about maintaining the building, completed in 1970, predated the storm: Those big windows letting in light also let in too much cold; the roof — which looks like a three-dimensional checkerboard — leaks. County executive Steven Neuhaus The building was closed in September 2011 after it was damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Irene, forcing county operations to other buildings. a celebrated figure of mid-20th century style that came to be known as brutalism. (The name is not derived from the word "brutal," as many assume, but from the French term for raw concrete.) Though considered a genius, Rudolph hasn't always been appreciated by a public that sees cold-looking concrete instead of elegant interplay between light and space. recalls buckets placed around the building 25 years ago when he applied for his driver's license. County officials settled on a compromise plan to replace one of the three sections to give the front entrance a more generic, glassy municipal look. The other two sections would be taken down to their concrete skeletons and built back up the shape of the original building, with some functional changes such as a simpler roof line. With the threat of demolition looming a few years ago, the World Monuments Fund put it on its 2012 global watch list. "You're going to still look at this building and see Rudolph's touch in it," Neuhaus said. Preservationists are especially galled because New York City architect Gene Kaufman offered to buy the building, turn it into an artists' center and build a new government building nearby in a deal he said would save the county money. Kaufman said Rudolph's building reflects a time when people had more faith in government. And he believes the architect's reputation will rebound. "At the time that Michelangelo and Dai Vinci were painting there were a lot of other painters who had greater favor among people. It took a while," Kaufman said. "So I think that the notion that FIRST LAST/ASSOCIATED PRESS Critics see it more like fronting St. Patrick's Cathedral with vinyl siding. It would be "a Frankenstein's monster," New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman wrote this year in urging county lawmakers to block the plan. The National Trust for Historic Preservation described the plan as "drastic." Brian Dunlevy poses at loe Fix its cycle shop on April 2 in Goshen, N.Y. Dunlevy, a resident, said Orange County's new government center "doesn't fit the right look of our village, or town, or area." Renovations to the center will begin next month to make the building more appealing to citizens. Critics compare the plan to desecrating a Michelangelo and note the building is on the World Monuments Fund's global watch list. Others say the building is simply ugly and poorly designed. today we may not like it, so let's destroy it and no one can have it, ever, is a very sort of selfish kind of opinion because it assumes not only that you're right, but that you'll always be right." Neuhaus vetoed legislation that would have allowed the sale to Kaufman amid opposition from village officials. Neuhaus and Goshen Mayor Kyle Roddey said it was important to consolidate government agencies in a functional building as soon as possible after many delays. Roddey said the village businesses have been hurting since the building closures. "People can throw critiques and criticize us from New York and California, but they haven't been in the mom-and-pop shops that are potentially closing down," Roddey said. There also are locals like Vincent Ferri, who learned to appreciate the different ways light streamed through the Rudolph building's big windows as seasons changed. He is among three plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking a halt the renovation. A judge hearing their arguments Friday set a May 15 due date for papers arguing for and against a preliminary injunction. Meanwhile, no demolition will occur before July. The county said it will start removing asbestos from the building and seek dismissal of the suit. "Until the wrecking ball swings," Ferri said, "the building can be saved." Ferri remained optimistic. +