I don't think this proposal is an attempt to spruce up City Hall, in fact I was suggesting ways City Hall could spruce itself up on it's own dime - leasing courtyard space to restaurants and/or cafes and allowing volunteers from the historical society to give evening and weekend tours. It's true, there are plenty of parts of the city that are in much more dire need than Dillworth Plaza - and naturally everyone assumes it's in their backyard. Nevertheless, City Hall is the center piece of this city and while this specific design for Dillworth Plaza has it's flaws and is something that should be revisited after you actually get tourists to City Hall, I'd hardly call trying to make a pleasant new public space in the middle of the city "stupid". I don't think these plans were drawn up as a proposal, I think the designer just wants to demonstrate what could be done with an unattractive concrete jungle, and also to stimulate a discussion from the public.

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The idealistic are no longer concerned with influencing public opinion and creating a free world of responsible and ethical social choices, but rather imposing opinion through legislation, mandating these ethics, and outlawing choice in what the loudest sample finds offensive.

Ban the Bans. It's a slippery slope between Idealism and Fascism.