If the Russian government continues to pump money into it and makes their national teams train in Sochi and just sort of prop it up as a point of pride, then perhaps. But I don't think anybody living there was… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Everything in Athens is probably a good example. Any time when there really isn't a need for these facilities in these cities, but they get built anyway for the games, everybody has kind of wishful thinking about what the afterlife… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
We were talking to shop owners or ordinary people who were living in these buildings now. A lot of the Olympic Villages were turned… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Even in a city like Barcelona, there are still some people in the city who are angry because that waterfront area is a big… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out. — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like people were… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
So many people that we met had some sort of connection to the [Olympics] games. Some story about how they volunteered there, or some… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games. — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
If the Russian government continues to pump money into it and makes their national teams train in Sochi and just sort of prop it… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Everything in Athens is probably a good example. Any time when there really isn't a need for these facilities in these cities, but they… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics. — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Like for Putin it's really about hosting this two-week [Olympic] party and showing it off to the world.It's a pride thing. It's a big… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
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![“So many people that we met had some sort of connection to the [Olympics] games. Some story about how they volunteered there, or some sort of memory of it. It still is in the cultural memory and identity of these cities as much as it is in the physical and architectural memory. It's where these two…” quote by Gary Hustwit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5c4/gary-hustwit-39684_cities_so-many-people-that-we-met-had-some-sort_1649130.jpg)
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![“Like for Putin it's really about hosting this two-week [Olympic] party and showing it off to the world.It's a pride thing. It's a big PR exercise for him and for Russia. So, at that point $50 billion and some environmental damage and a small city's future don't really matter.” quote by Gary Hustwit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f30/gary-hustwit-39684_bigs_like-for-putin-it-s-really-about-hosting_2753456.jpg)