[in-enaction] single-use buildings: 2016 Summer Games [US]

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
A makeshift idea for the Olympics
Chicago and L.A. have the same notion for the 2016 Summer Games: 
temporary stadiums.

By Christopher Hawthorne, Times Staff Writer

For decades, cities have seen Olympic bids as among the most effective 
ways to jump-start civic ambition. Barcelona used the run-up to the 1992 
Summer Games as an occasion to reinvent its waterfront, among other 
expensive improvements. And Beijing is remaking itself at a breakneck 
pace as it gets ready for the Olympics next year.

But as Chicago and Los Angeles jockey for the right to hold the 2016 
Summer Games, a different vision of what the Olympics mean for cities is 
emerging. It is decidedly modest. This pair of American cities, so 
different in so many ways, seem to agree that the best way to win the 
Olympics — and to pay for them — is to design a sort of pack-and-go 
games. Put aside any notions of an Olympics that might spur interest, 
here or in Chicago, in new subway lines or massive architectural icons. 
A central goal in both bids is to avoid the white elephants that have 
plagued Sydney and other host cities.

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http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-olympics28feb28,0,3668079.story?coll=cl-nav-arts

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ref: Renderings of the redesigned L.A. Memorial Coliseum
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/la-stadium1-link,0,7978495.storylink?coll=cl-nav-arts
	
ref: Chicago's Olympic venue plan 
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/la-stadium2-link,0,371719.storylink?coll=cl-nav-arts