That was what Frank Gehry's Ohr- O'Keefe Museum of Art looked like 5 years ago. That is a casino barge that washed over top and eventually settled on the building leaving very little behind. Today the museum is nearing it's (re)opening of three of the five buildings on the campus with the other two slated for completion sometime next year. One of the curators of the museum, greeted us outside the main building in which the offices are located and told us kindly that the building wasn't open, but once we explained to her our story, she was more than happy to guide us around and explain all the work that has been happening post-Katrina. It may have also helped that she once taught a little at Virginia Tech, but that's only a minute detail.
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