The word "Schlossberg" literally means castlemountain and that's exactly what it is. It is a mountain with a castle on top in the centre of the city Graz, Austria. The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Graz [graËts] (Slovenian: Gradec, pronounced grah-dets), with a population of 305,000 (council census 2000) is the second-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Styria (Steiermark in German). ...
In the past this castle was never occupied and it meant for the safety for all people living in Graz. Now it's a tourist attraction. It contains the most famous sight of Graz, the Uhrturm (clock tower). Near the "Uhrturm" there is a cafeteria with a view over the old city center of Graz. Also on top of the mountain there is an open air stage for performances. To reach the top of the hill one can use the funicular railway or an elevator which has been constructed inside the mountain or one of the older sets of ways and stairs.
Schlossberg's most recent project, the "spectacular" on Reuters's new world headquarters in Times Square, is not just another mammoth advertising billboard but an unparalleled opportunity to engage the public in collective experience.
Direct engagement is Schlossberg's métier, and the signature high-tech gadgetry that makes his projects come alive is not an end but a means to draw audiences out of their complacency.
Schlossberg's firm has created a number of highly visible cultural and corporate environments, including the American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island; the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, in Washington, D.C.; Innovation Station at the Henry Ford Museum, in Dearborn, Michigan; and the Sony Wonder Technology Lab, in New York.
Schlossberg's firm, a database of ships' manifests from 1892 to 1924, will allow visitors not just to find that evidence, but to augment it by recording oral histories and scanning photos and documents into the museum's electronic scrapbook.
Schlossberg's work ''a critical part of what new museums are looking for, which is as broad a range of entry points into their narratives as possible.'' Mr.
Schlossberg's company, Edwin Schlossberg Inc., which is based in the Flatiron district, hired a polling company to ask 1,000 Catholics in New York and Washington what they most wanted the museum to include.
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