Nenshi kind of sums this whole thread up....
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“Both sides hardened and the bridge became symbolic of something — it was a cowboy and hippie dynamic,” says Nenshi.
“If you didn’t like the bridge, you were called a redneck who didn’t believe in beauty. If you liked the bridge you were a total hippie who didn’t understand the value of money.”
Nenshi recalls seven or eight years ago when he had a layover in Milwaukee.
With time to kill, he visited an “unbelievably gorgeous building.” It was the Milwaukee Art Museum and it was designed by Calatrava.
“How many people go to Milwaukee for the art museum?” he asks
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