Living Computer Museum

[Alan Perry]

On 5/27/20 9:02 PM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
>> The big problem with this situation is that it’s simply unnecessary: 
>> Living Computer Museum + Labs is not independent of Vulcan, and Vulcan 
>> can *easily* afford to keep the people who work there on payroll and 
>> working from home indefinitely.
> 
> Did Vulcan have a lot of exposure to real estate? Real estate has been a 
> huge asset bubble for a long time now. Covid is a perfect excuse for it 
> popping, even though it's been long overdue for a while. If Vulcan is 
> taking a hit or predicting they are going to take a hit then managers 
> might axe all the creative stuff so they don't miss any bonuses.

Vulcan is reported to have pulled the plug on their entertainment 
division (Vulcan Arts + Entertainment). Also part of this is the Flying 
Heritage and Combat Armor Museum and they put out an announcement almost 
identical to the LCM+L announcement. The Seattle Cinerama theater and 
Seattle Art Fair are caught up in this as well. I don't know if the 
MoPOP (formerly the Experience Music Project, the Science Fiction 
Museum, and Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame, which occupied the 
same building) is part of this.

alan