Sartor's plan is for the precinct. Our vision for Circular Quay was in my view more dominant than any desire to take over a contemporary art museum. It's about the importance of doing the right thing on that site. That means making west Circular Quay busier. A place people gravitate to.
Sartor blames the building for pushing people away.
No-one should doubt that his vision for west Circular Quay is driven by a deep contempt for the MCA's old headquarters. The building has been a problem all along. Neville Wran would never have promised it to the MCA if the Maritime Services Board hadn't been keen to move to better headquarters in town. What the MSB was leaving was a prewar design built postwar. The ceilings were low, the windows small, there was no air-conditioning.