Frank Ducote spotted this on a recent Brooklyn trip — a plaza so very much like our art gallery — and asked me to use my vast technical skills to post the picture. Oh Lord, here goes.
He also wishes to say: A few years ago the Brooklyn Museum undertook a major renovation, including a new NORTH-FACING entrance onto Eastern Parkway. It eliminated the original daunting staircase there, for both accessibility purposes and to open op the former basement for public use. There are a lot of parallels and lessons that might apply to the VAG situation. Not necessarily literally, but in some form or fashion.