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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Very simple question then: For a "massive concept" of the "magnitude that has never been done before", why was the initial presentation so pathetic? We all know you only get one chance for a first impression, so if tons of time and effort went into developping the project, why did it seem like 15 minutes went into the presentation, aka the single most important part of getting this project done. Was it arrogance that the city would simply accept it because it was a "massive concept" of the "magnitude that has never been done before"? Or did they really think that was a good presentation? I'd be a lot more worried if it's the latter.
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I don't know about the presentation side. I have my opinions on that too. My point, is that this was a concept, was always a concept, and it was transformational in the sense that it was literally building a entire new neighborhood (with commercial and residential towers, a fieldhouse, public space, etc.) from scratch with a rarely-seen dual football stadium / hockey arena as the anchor.
Like I said, I have my opinions on the presentation too, but don't think for a second that the planning and conceptual design for something like this didn't have alot of work that went into it. I have to reiterate that the arena / stadium design were always conceptual (two iterations were released). There were never final, and should never have been interpreted as such. People need to understand that.
EDIT: I've seen another completely different concept for the West Village as well, something that was done a while ago and that I preferred more actually. There was more work completed than just the one you saw ending up on the CN website.