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I stand corrected, and apologise for my hasty comment. I guess it was less a tale of greed than a tale of mismanagement, if that: doubtless other aspects of the hall improved with the renovation, and attendance probably increased. It would be interesting to know if the CSO, internally, considered the renovation successful. Marcos --On Friday, April 07, 2006 7:27 PM -0400 Don Tait <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Brenda is correct. It's true that air conditioning was added to > Orchestra Hall during the 1966 renovation, but the project was > undertaken for far bigger reasons. The majority were calamities, above > all the idea that the sound of the hall could be improved, whereas it > was wrecked. But another was the practical one of giving the CSO members > a reasonably comfortable backstage space for themselves, which they'd > never had. I remember standing on Michigan Avenue during the summer of > 1966 and looking through the glass on Orchestra Hall's doors. I could > see traffic on Wabash Avenue, a block behind the building. Everything in > Orchestra Hall, including its stage and back wall, was gone. All was > rebuilt and reconfigured during the renovation. > > Don Tait Marcos