Riverdale Rink Rat
Senior Member
So... Then let's not try!Personally I don't take that perspective seriously - and besides, you can never win if you don't try.
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Tokyo 2020 stadium now clocking in at not 1 but TWO BILLION dollars. Oy.
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So... Then let's not try!Personally I don't take that perspective seriously - and besides, you can never win if you don't try.
AoD
So... Then let's not try!
Tokyo 2020 stadium now clocking in at not 1 but TWO BILLION dollars. Oy.
They chose to go crazy with a Starchitect (as much as I like Zaha Hadid's work, really?), it's their problem. More London 2012, less Beijing 2008 please.
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Tokyo's stadium is hideous. It's crazy they're willing to spend $2 billion on such an eyesore.
Less snark directed at me would be appreciated, thanks.
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Then there's the infrastructure spending, the city beautification (IMO also sorely needed) because there's a deadline! and suddenly the governments are much more generous with their wallets.
I find it difficult to comprehend how any UT aficionado of design, architecture, urban renewal and planning would be disappointed by an Olympic Games. It's like a child being down on Christmas because there are needy children in the world.
Wasn't that the motto of Toronto's now defunct "Bread Not Circuses" wet blankets--there shall be no celebratory days in this city until child poverty, armed conflict and right-wing governments are eliminated from this world.
I find it difficult to comprehend how any UT aficionado of design, architecture, urban renewal and planning would be disappointed by an Olympic Games. It's like a child being down on Christmas because there are needy children in the world.