Calgary's big O-Myyyyy

[Locutus]

Pricey sculpture nicknamed ‘The Big O’ raises ire of taxpayers

CALGARY- A new sculpture in northeast Calgary nicknamed ‘The Big O’ is getting a lot of attention.


The 17 metre high blue ring sits atop an overpass on the 96 Ave. extension near Deerfoot Trail, and cost $471,000. Called the ‘Travelling Light’, some have come up with other names for it, including the ‘blue hula-hoop.’


Some are skeptical of the project’s huge price tag, and are questioning if the city’s policy of setting aside one per cent of a capital project’s budget to art.




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Pricey sculpture nicknamed ‘The Big O’ raises ire of taxpayers - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

 

[DaSleeper]

And the odds are the current mayor will be re-elected....................
Where was he when the project was approved?

And the citizens laugh at Toronto? :roll:.........:lol:

 

[55Mercury]

Toronto coulda sold them a coupla moose for half that price!

plus shipping and handling (batteries sold separately)

 

[captain morgan]

And the odds are the current mayor will be re-elected....................
Where was he when the project was approved?

And the citizens laugh at Toronto? :roll:.........:lol:

Nenshi is in effect a municipal dictator.

His recent nonsense about 'corporate welfare' for developers is a joke... He fails to mention that the few thousand dollars that teh city pays for (new) community infrastructure is the very basis for the property taxes that the city will collect on for decades to come