News Archives:
Historic Buhl Planetarium
Equipment, Artifacts and Building
A.D. 2004

News Reports - 2004 *** News Releases, Notices - 2004 *** Public Statements - 2004 *** Correspondence - 2004

News Archives Master Index

News Regarding Friends of the Zeiss Efforts to Have
The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science
Designated as a Historic Landmark
December of 2004 through Spring of 2005

Public Statements - A.D. 2004

Public Statements and Letter - 2004 November
Asking for Reconsideration of Children's Museum of Pittsburgh Decision
To Convert Original Buhl Planetarium Observatory into Board Room --

Letter to Children's Museum Board - 2004 November 26

Statement before Allegheny Regional Asset District Board - 2004 November 29:
Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

Statement before Pittsburgh City Council - 2004 November 30:
Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

News Release - 2004 October 25:
BUSINESS PLAN OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CONTINUES WISHFUL THINKING,
AS OPERATING DEFICITS MOUNT AND OTHER MUSEUMS DOWNSIZE OR CLOSE

Statement before the Board of the Allegheny Regional Asset District:
Statement *** Large-Print Version

2004 October 12
Statement of Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh
Before the Council of the City of Pittsburgh
Three pieces of Historic Buhl Planetarium Equipment
and Artifacts unaffected by recent flood;
however other artifacts have not been accounted-for.
Regarding possible affects of rain runoff flooding,
in The Carnegie Science Center warehouse,
to Historic Buhl Planetarium Equipment and Artifacts
not accounted-for.

2004 September 21
Statement of Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh
Before the Council of the City of Pittsburgh
Regarding possible affects of rain runoff flooding,
in The Carnegie Science Center warehouse,
to Historic Buhl Planetarium Equipment and Artifacts

2004 August 30
Statement of Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh
Before the Board of Directors of the Allegheny Regional Asset District
Regarding five years of operating deficits of the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh;
downsizing of Center of Science and Industry [COSI] in Columbus, Ohio
and closing of COSI planetarium.

Public Statement - 2004 July 13:
Statement of Glenn A. Walsh Before Pittsburgh City Council
Regarding Construction of an Intermodal Terminal Including a
New Greyhound Bus Station With Connections to Proposed
Convention Center Subway Station

Architectural firm designing new intermodal transportation terminal, IKM Incorporated, is successor to the Ingham and Boyd architectural firm which designed The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in 1937. Statement also refers to impending City Council approval of City-Designated Historic Structure status for five original Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh neighborhood branches.