a journey back through time to ancient program on nearly two thousand years ago. his use of light is really incredible there really is incredible and the piece takes you through a whole day and a whole on it s lovely so it s really more than just a substitute during the renovations you mentioned five buildings. are on the island is going to be a new addition that s right the james seaman gallery is in its final stages it s going to serve as the main entrance for older galleries and james simmons family made their money through wool cotton excuse me and and he lived in berlin between eight hundred fifty one and nineteen thirty so that that the james seaman gallery has been put together by a big shock attacked david chipperfield and he s played an ongoing role in the the museum on and over the is so we could have a look at that. the newest museum on berlin s museum island its reconstruction completed in two thousand and nine set new standards. david shipler
impressive architectural achievement in the future. david shipler feeling started on this project in one thousand nine hundred nine his philosophy was to respect the ruin and not to cover up the marks left by history he wanted to restore and carefully preserve this historical building while sensitively complementing it with modern elements and some sort of. it s and water and food for. the fields architecture firm develops amongst the plan to overhaul museum island and also draw up plans for berlin is brand new james e. moore gallery it s set to open its doors in the summer of twenty nineteen and will serve as the entrance building and visitor center for museum island to be friends right now the five museums are like five friends sitting at one table. but with their backs to each other. and. james in the gallery will link the open spaces and
criminal charges. using the espionage act. and all of this overreach. it really has it really does have a feeling of especially as we speak to the world. especially in this moment of the democrats saying republicans are overreaching on so many other things. for the administration to be caught doing this. i think really undermines the we re ina an era the republicans to be honest have been baying toor more investigative attacks. put that aside. if the president is going to stand up and talk about freedom of press around the world, you know we better have our own house in order. and it s not looking too good right now. i mean there s david shipler. who was the new york times correspondent in moscow, in the 70s, says there are journalists who are having to use skill sets that they honed covering dissidents in the 70s in moscow. that s not the country we are supposed to be. and the president did speak about transparency of the highest order.