Talk:Hall of Fame for Great Americans

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I'm seeking a clarification as to where the Hall of Fame is located. One source claims CUNY; another source claims NYU. Which University is the site? TooPotato 01:15, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm... my encyclopedia claims that the building is located at NYU. McKim, Mead and White was the architectural firm that designed the building. Information in that article claims that the building is at NYU. An erroneous statement may be at the CUNY article. If so, please remove the information because I can't sleep at night until someone who knows for certain puts things in order. TooPotato 22:33, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
At George Peabody, a claimant has written that City University of New York sponsored the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. I beg to differ. TooPotato 03:56, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
Actually, it was originally built on an NYU campus that is now CUNY's Bronx Community College.--Pharos 07:05, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Now I can sleep at night. TooPotato 10:42, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Images

I have just added a new image of the Hall of Fame, and I have a bunch more - some more general views as well as some close ups of the busts. It was very bright today so the pictures are darker than I would have liked. However, if you have any requests or suggestions I would love to put up a few more. H0n0r 21:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for taking the photos. It would be great if you could upload all your decent images to Wikimedia Commons. That way, they'll be easily available to Wikipedias in all different languages. If you have any good shots of individual busts, you might also want to consider adding those to their biographical articles here. It would also be nice to have one or two good individual busts for this page; I would recommend either those that were particularly well done or that came out well in the photograph, or possibly those of persons with a local connection, like Irving or particularly Poe, who had a cottage right in the Bronx.--Pharos 01:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Didn't they stop inductions in the 1970s?

I believe that the Hall of Fame for Great Americans continued to induct people until around 1976, then stopped. [1] Presumably that was due to a lack of funds, but it's surprising that there have been no significant attempts to revive the Hall of Fame since then, and this ought to be discussed in the article. --Metropolitan90 04:28, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

  • I think they just stopped inducting people because all of the 102 (physical) places had been taken (though reading their website apparently four bronzes are no longer on-site for some reason).--Pharos 04:46, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
    • But nevertheless the Hall must have declined as an organization (i.e. not just filled up the site); note that the official web site doesn't even bother to list all the inductees. --Metropolitan90 04:56, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
      • Actually I think they have a pretty snazzy website for an institution of this sort– including a complete listing online here, though it's designed a bit annoyingly so you have to click through many pages. I don't think there is such a thing as an "organization" anymore– it's just run by the college. The tremendous "decline", though, has not been in the upkeep of the hall (which is well-maintained as of late), but in public interest and attendance.--Pharos 05:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
        • Okay. Nevertheless, we ought to have an explanation of what happened to the Hall in the 1970s and afterward. --Metropolitan90 05:32, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
          • Absolutely, feel free to research and expand on that. And I also think the hall was in none-too-good repair before it was restored in the last few years. Of course it is still tremendously underutilized– I guess because the whole concept is a rather old-fashioned idea, and there has perhaps not been enough thought put into how best the hall could serve the modern community.--Pharos 05:50, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
            • Two weeks ago I took my first graders around the Hall of Fame and there are definitely still spots open and unused. We didn't notice any missing bronzes, but had good fun imagining them as future hall-of-famers. There are two on-site historians for the hall of fame listed on the BCC website - if you're really interested then give them a call. H0n0r 09:38, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re-title Article

Would it not be far more communicative, and much much better sense to re-title this article so that it read:

Hall of Fame (original)

I don't know how it could be done; but, given that there are now so many halls of fame, it would seem that such a reworking of the title would be a very productive thing to do.129.94.6.30 06:25, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

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