Helsinki rejects Guggenheim museum plan
Reuters
Published Dec 01, 2016 12:57AM ET
Helsinki rejects Guggenheim museum plan
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Helsinki city council voted down on Thursday a plan to build a Guggenheim museum in the Finnish capital in a decision that is expected to put an end to the controversial project.
Following a five-hour meeting and lively debate on the subject, the council voted 53-32 against the proposal.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation proposed the museum - like ones in New York, Bilbao and Venice - to be built on the Helsinki waterfront in 2011, but the proposal faced resistance from many Finns who considered it a waste of taxpayer money at a time of austerity in the recession-hit country.
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