The Barnes In Limbo

The judge considering whether or not the Barnes Collection should be allowed to move to Philadelphia has put the brakes on the proceedings. On January 29, “The judge said he was ‘hamstrung by the total lack of hard numbers in evaluating these proposals,’ calling the construction price only a ‘guesstimate.’ There had, he said, been no architectural plans, feasibility studies or proformas projecting the Philadelphia project’s success or the costs of maintaining three separate locations.”