Aberdeen's Guggenheim

 

 

 

A lot has been written on the ‘Guggenheim’ effect Aberdeen will see after the completion of the Granite Web.  (I know, if you’re not in Aberdeen you’re asking "WTF is the Granite Web").  I think  I’ll write a final post over the weekend on my thoughts on this.

Whether this plan is ‘ambitious’ enough, to create the desired effect is for another day.

But in the meantime, I have to share this, spotted on twitter, talking about the Guggenheim effect in Bilbao.. Written by a proud Bilbao resident.  Two Quotes of particular note:

 

 “The original expectations regarding the attraction of direct foreign investment and command functions to the city have not been met.”

 

“More significantly, the attraction of command functions or headquarters to the site is, so far, nil.”

 

So, 15 years after it opened, the number of international companies upping sticks and headquartering in Bilbao....

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