Just two years shy of it's 50th birthday, the Guggenheim will get it's first significant dose of cosmetic surgery. $27 million worth to be exact. "There are obvious cracks in the museum's facade and surrounding pavement. Its mechanical systems are outdated." Limited by "nondestructive evaluation," structural engineers have turned to "a system of crack monitoring using wires that track every expansion and contraction" of the building's movement. Pretty incredible diagnostics. All in all, the work will not close the museum. Still, making sure it doesn't come back "looking too perfect," officials are expecting the Gugg to re-emerge in 2007 looking so fresh and so clean clean! NYT
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