Saturday, May 12, 2012

Maybe $681 to Finish the Bolshoi Theater?


RIA Novisti reported last fall:
"The Russian government spent 21 billion rubles ($681 million) on the restoration [of the Bolshoi Theatre], which involved more than 3,600 designers, builders and engineers."
Cost too much? Took too long? Perhaps.
But anyone who takes a casual look at it can see that they skimped on the painters or the paint for perhaps the most visible parts of the Theater: the columns.

Take a look.  The columns look in part like old, blotched, white skin. Probably an extra $681 would have covered the painting and cheap labor costs. Does the management have poor eyesight?

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