Pretentious artist/creative types that feel "great ideas" should be free from real world constraints like resources, logistics, or budget.
Case in point, the old Bank of Montreal building (that's been dormant for years) on 1st street is being turned into a gym/fitness centre. To me that sounds great, a beautiful old building remains standing, and actually gets some use in the modern age.
But nope, some folks label that as a "fail" because such a beautiful space is "too good" to be a gym. It would make a better art gallery/museum/school in there minds. And hey, maybe it would be a great space for something like that, but no one in the 7-8 years since A&B Sound closed has come up with the funding to put something like that in there, so it's a "fail" because they finally found a tenant?
Was it a "win" when it was empty? Or a music store? Hey I love music stores, but at the end of the day they sell disposable consumer junk, so was it a "fail" then as well?
We live in a world of constraints, and personally I'm much more of a fan of great ideas/projects that are completed with these constraints in place than theoretical "great" projects that are nothing more than naval gazing.
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