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[Conservatorium of Music, Sydney]

heritage writer
"drastically changed" - "seriously devalued" - the National Trust - the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens - The Opposition Leader - "natural contours and fall of the land will be lost" - "This is sacred ground" ... (O'Brien G, "Con plans labelled ..." - smh_97.09.27)
severely defined
Critics [are] ... "purists with no responsibility to make something happen" (Chris Johnson, the NSW Government Architect, O'Brien G, smh_97.10.01)

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[Telecommunication Tower, Jakarta]

lowered ambition
"the $560 mil. Jakarta Tower ... 1,841-foot tower, already under construction, would be slightly higher than the current record holder, Toronto's CN Tower." (wsj_97.09.09)

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[Linear City, Kuala Lumpur]

long ambition
"Linear City, a 10 billion ringgit ($3.4 billion) ... world's longest building -- a 1.2-mile-long, 10-story structure -- above a river in central Kuala Lumpur. Government officials say a two billion ringgit monorail that is a part of the project and currently under construction will go ahead ..." (wsj_97.09.09)

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[World Financial Center, New York]

keel first
"Trees die like people die. ... Sometimes, they just keel over, and we don't do autopsies." (the landscape contractor - nyt_97.07.10)
"This was the first ... Someone has to do the first anything." (the landscape designer - nyt_97.07.10)

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[Washington Monument Restoration, Washington DC]

$5 mil obelisk
"Repair Job for the Washington Monument," (nyt_97.07.04)
fabric scaffold
"the scaffolding will be sheathed in blue-gridded transparent fabric designed by celebrated postmodern architect Michael Graves." (Trescott J, wp_97.10.17)
bull's
"Park Service officials promise that the restored monument will not include a display of Target's bull's eye logo," (Knutson LL, ap/dn_97.10.18)

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