It’s, it’s a big metal shell that has just huge beams and it’s hollow inside. A lot of horse industries use it for riding arenas and things like that. They said, let’s build that. And then inside we’ll create walkways, we’ll create exhibits and when you wanna change ’em, we… Read More
Well, it’s not so much a master plan, because a master plan, I look at it from a, a 30,000 foot view and say the master plan says, this is Asia, this is Africa, or you know, however you lay it out. What I look at is stop designing exhibits… Read More
You know what a butler building is?… Read More
We, we tend to build species specific. And I think that hurts us and it makes it harder for zoos in the futures and CEOs of the futures who are trying to raise money and generate dollars to do these type of, it makes it harder on them to change… Read More
You talk about a master plan. Read More
What do you think shelf life is of a master plan?… Read More
I like, there’s a couple of other zoos. I’d have to go back and look at my list ’cause I, I have some websites that announce new exhibits that they’re doing over there. Read More
And I look at that going, wow, why can’t we do that?… Read More
But people go, oh God, you know, what’s the light tropic building out in Omaha?… Read More
Here’s a great example. They spent a lot more money than I think a lot of the European zoos are doing because they put in these big concrete walls of things. Whereas European zoos are just doing huge lanne and glass domes and not worried about concrete walls to support… Read More
But I technologically, I think from an exhibit standpoint, they’re far more advanced than we are. You know, we’re still caught up in, let’s get that great big exhibit out there. And I go, well dome it over and let’s do a bunch of small exhibits and create an overall… Read More
And they put in coffee shops or they put in restaurants. And so you can go in there and spend the entire day when it’s cold outside and then, and then leave instead of in and out of the cold and having to brave sleet snow and whatever. So I… Read More
Why, and, and where are they?… Read More
I would, I think a lot of the European zoos, Antwerp and some of these others have really done outstanding jobs. And by that I say, look at what they’ve created in these big glass in environments. And they’ve spent the money to do it. And they’ve done, they’ve worked… Read More
Tropic world’s still the same inside. My understanding is they’re probably going to condemn the old Pinger building and get rid of, I think they have gotten rid of the rhinos. I’m not sure I’m gonna go Friday. I I’m gonna have a tour with Mike, the director. He is… Read More
Now you’ve been around, are there any zoos in the world that you particularly admire?… Read More
It just sat there. And I did a couple exhibit designs for Stewart that said, you know, we don’t need those buildings. We can do something else. We’ll do it over here. And if you want, refurbish those buildings and turn ’em into stores or coffee shops or whatever you… Read More
They did $70 million from, I understand, but you know what?… Read More
Every building there is over 90 years old. Almost every building is now somehow, or one way or another, protected by the Historical Preservation Society. And so everyone has been afraid to go in and say, get rid of it or change it. And that has stopped that zoo from… Read More
Ain’t gonna happen. Bring in those Texas cats. That’s what got that started. And I said, work the population there, manage it there. Read More