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Originally Posted by Muta
Well, with the numbers I've heard... if they want a REALLY signature library, that's about the budget I've heard as well. I believe they're still in the fundraising stage.
To put it in perspective, the new downtown Seattle Public Library cost approximately $166 million, and it's not even that big of a facility. But it is an OUTSTANDING building... and Calgary's budget is going to be higher than that. I've heard some architects say that it needs to go higher.... like, $400 million for the type of facility the library wants.
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Soooo $166 mil for a library that's interesting visually but practically nothing new, in an expensive city, and ours is going to be 3 x the cost?
Good lord give me more bridges.
By coincidence, I am in seattle. The review on the library so far - worlds most expensive book bag (survey of 3).