Maximum Stupid: Sydney's Big Barangaroo Blowup (REVISED), by Alan Miller

"The Master Plan suggests an architecture that, despite its scale, will not overshadow any of the spaces that are, in and of themselves, naturally beautiful. The exception to this is the library and hotel pier. A reference to tall ships that once docked at the harbour's edge and the hotel and library are expressions of the magnificent ability for a building to almost walk on water. This architecture will provide necessary markers in their own right."
-from the Barangaroo Public Display, March 2010
It's tempting to divide this article into two sections, "process" and "product" or maybe "means" and "ends." That would be the mature thing to do. Very serious people throughout the world demonstrate their seriousness with clearly labeled headings and bullet points, and very serious people are very serious about filling their days with processes, products, means and ends.
What is all this about? It's about cities and in particular the conspicuously empty 22 hectares on the western side of central Sydney called Barangaroo. Check it out on Google Earth and the site's importance is obvious. Barangaroo is the last undeveloped
