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[Don Tait <Dontaitchicago@xxxxxxx>]

  Brenda is correct. It's true that air conditioning was added to Orchestra 
Hall during the 1966 renovation, but the project was undertaken for far bigger 
reasons. The majority were calamities, above all the idea that the sound of 
the hall could be improved, whereas it was wrecked. But another was the 
practical one of giving the CSO members a reasonably comfortable backstage space for 
themselves, which they'd never had. I remember standing on Michigan Avenue 
during the summer of 1966 and looking through the glass on Orchestra Hall's doors. 
I could see traffic on Wabash Avenue, a block behind the building. Everything 
in Orchestra Hall, including its stage and back wall, was gone. All was 
rebuilt and reconfigured during the renovation. 

  Don Tait

"A sad tale of greed" ??????  With all due respect, let's get real here.
We're talking about a venue that seats over 2500 people and has over 100
musicians on stage in suits under hot lights. Any modernization efforts
would obviously include the installation of air conditioning. 

Brenda

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recorded first and Arthur...

Chicago's Orchestra Hall when empty. The latter changed with the
> disastrous  renovation of 1966, which essentially wrecked Orchestra
Hall
> as a listening or  recording venue.)

I find it particularly poignant that they did it to add A/C so that they

could extend their season. A sad tale of greed.

Marcos