Quotes about plaza (16 Quotes)


    As the new Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill does not include an allocation of funds for the Kennedy Center Plaza Project, the Kennedy Center is placing the project on hold. The Center is aware that budget constraints have made it difficult for Congress to fund this particular project.



    The ambition of the mayor to get into the heart of the community is quite laudable. However, shutting off streets will do the exact opposite. If you have no way to get to Main Plaza, you have no reason to go there.




    The completion of the second phase of Quay Plaza and the success of the building to date clearly demonstrates that the centre's reputation goes beyond that of a shopping centre and is now considered a first class mixed use scheme, creating a hub for the area that successfully combines leisure and business.


    We should get the internal plaza done first, ... I have been pushing for that as both mayor and as head of the Mayoral Task Force. I want it opened up and to see people use it again. It's probably the easiest part of the work to do. Let's get it open and let's decorate it in time for Christmas, get a large Christmas tree in there, and say Galway city centre is open for business again.

    We expect 17 million-plus visitors annually through Victory Plaza. The Victory Media Network will offer intriguing and engaging video entertainment. Our programming will be rich with cultural and artistic content -- but continually changing in order to keep it different and fresh. To do that, we'll be showcasing film and digital art from local and national artists, as well as Dallas museums and galleries.


    One of the things I thought a lot about was how can we get the views, for instance, the main plaza, you look up to Telegraph Hill from there and therefore it would be a disaster to close that view off.


    In Chicago, we may not think the Picasso presiding over the Richard J. Daley Center plaza is art, but we know it's a big Picasso and it's the city's Picasso, and when the Cubs made the play-offs, the sculpture wore a baseball cap just like everything else.





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