The foundation has since indulged every whim for the sculptor and engineer. When Calatrava changed his mind - twice - about rounding off a corner of a plaza wall, the foundation didn't blink at the $11,000 cost to replace and then re-replace the section.
Calatrava doesn't like exposed concrete, so even rarely seen portions of the bridge and its abutments are shielded by broken Spanish tile. Structural pipes came from Spain, cables from England, the three-layer laminated glass bridge deck from Canada, patio stone from Italy and Mexico.
"We were able to go as wild as you can imagine. You could never do this with just regular government spending," Warren said."
You could never do this with just regular government spending," Warren said.
That last sentence says it all. Elites gone wild with the taxpayers money!
I accept the fact that you don't like the bridge (which says more about you than it does about the bridge). It's already paying over a third of its construction cost with new investment in the first year. A bigger park would never have done that. Find me another public works project with that kind of return.