It seems to me that for the $25 mil, it is about half for the bridge and half for the famous engineer to put his name on it. Sure we are not as big and fancy as Paris and London etc, but they have hundreds of years on us.
So why not put out a bid for local engineers to develop fancy bridges, I am sure that we can find some that will actually represent Calgary in a good way and not just some 100 foot harp. That way we can spend half the money, then as we slowly build nicer looking bridges, buildings and such and people start to take notice, and maybe even come to Calgary to see the amazing structures that we have, then we can get some famous guy to build something for us.
This reminds me of the Opera house from the Simpsons.
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