It's pretty exciting, though some of Frank Gehry's other buildings are stronger. I think it's a really wonderful project. We're not paying for it. It's a gift to the city. It challenges our normal, everyday architectural sensibilities and challenges us to look at the built environment differently.
Every city needs a couple of special projects.
The Experience Music Project could represent a turning point for the built environment in Seattle. Not since the Space Needle has Seattle fostered such a visible and potentially controversial structure. The building will place Seattle with other world class cities that are pushing the future. Though the form and the colors may be controversial, in the long run the value to our community will be self-evident. It's one of a kind.