Original sentence: As a new and highly visible cultural project, there is some depth of popular debate surrounding the Sage.Conversely, some feel that along with the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art it represents an invasion of highbrow culture that is irrelevant and inaccessible (and often incomprehensible) to the bulk of the population, and that money would be better spent in other areas, such as improving Gateshead's residential areas and High Street.The building itself has its admirers and detractors.While many people hold it to be a fine example of Norman Foster's later, Pritzker Prize-winning design, others draw comparisons with a large slug; Gavin Stamp, writing as "Piloti" in Private Eye's Nooks and Corners column, suggested that the structure resembles a "shiny condom"
Edited sentence: As a new and uniquely visible cultural project, there is some depth of popular debate surrounding the Sage.It is felt in some quarters, however, that along with the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art it represents an invasion of highbrow culture that is irrelevant and inaccessible (and often incomprehensible) to the bulk of the population, and that money would be better spent on improving Gateshead's residential areas and high street.The Sage's policy of musical inclusion is designed to challenge this attitude.The building itself has its admirers and detractors; while it is a fine example of Norman Foster's later, Pritzker Prize-winning design, comparisons with a large slug have become de rigeur among locals.The visual and iconic impact of the building, in the context of the area's post-industrial regeneration and reinvention as a centre for the arts, is hard to ignore