“The project certainly contributes to an oppressive and overbearing feeling to the park … The protruding stair on this facade did not impress the jury much. Its presence seemed poorly resolved, even arbitrary. At least one landscape architect on the jury felt that the south facade all but crushes the beauty of Grange Park.”
National Post
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“It isn't right that the Olympics be held in the U.S. for the eighth time. It's not possible that it be in England in 2012 and in another European country in 2016. It's not fair that Brazil, one of the 10 biggest economies in the world for 30 years; that Brazil, one of the world's industrialized countries, a nation that has demonstrated its love for sports; it's not fair that Brazil not be chosen.”
Time
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“They are setting up a developer junta with a dictator in the governor's cabinet. It's really that all-powerful. They could push an endangered species off the list if it gets in the way of development, or order the Department of Transportation to build an intersection to help a development favoured by the planning commission.”
New Jersey News
“The mayor needs a new adviser to enthuse him, although a design tsar in the Rogers mould now seems unnecessary, as does a design advisory panel - more camouflage to hide the lack of new initiatives coming out of the mayor’s office at present.”
BD Online
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“"This soccer World Cup seems like it is coming to just chop our necks off, because it's taking our bread from the table. They'll push us out of a business,”
BBC News
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