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I find much of what this article says about timescales confusing. The article says the building "has entered the home stretch of construction" but never clarif
by gjm11 11y ago
I find much of what this article says about timescales confusing.
The article says the building "has entered the home stretch of construction" but never clarifies what that actually means. Is there some important milestone that has just been passed?
(It says "six new towers will soon be added", but surely the fact that some new towers are going to be added in the near future isn't the kind of thing that can constitute entering the home stretch. It says the building is 70% complete, but that doesn't seem particularly home-stretch-y for something that's been under construction for over 130 years already.)
Other schedule-related oddities in the article: only 70% complete but 11 years to go after 133 have passed already (this could be reasonable, if construction is faster now than it used to be); "on track to be finished in 2026" except that immediately afterwards it says "some decorative elements could take up to six additional years" -- so, er, in 2026 it will be finished apart from the bits that aren't finished? (It's not like "decorative elements" are secondary to the design of the Sagrada Familia.)
Anyway, regardless of when (if ever) it gets completed, the Sagrada Familia is a glorious building even in its present construction-site state. Go see it.
- moomin 11y agoI think they mean that they're now constructing the final facade (Gloria). Equally, would mean the other three sides are now completely done. (ps, hi gjm11, jmb29 here)
- gjm11 11y agoWikipedia (which is always right except when it's wrong) claims that construction of the Glory facade began in 2002. I can't escape the suspicion that they just wanted to write an article about the Sagrada Familia (can't blame them for that) and felt that they had to come up with some topical-sounding spin on it. [EDITED to add:] Oh, and hi! Long time no see.