Although the city did not have a formal seat at the table, Mr. Doctoroff became a catalyst for a new overall development plan and for the resolution of the memorial project.
The standings of both men will be enhanced with a successful resolution of this project; just as surely, each could be hurt if the project falters, or if there is any perception that the two men are quarreling over a project of such import.
Now, barring an 11th-hour resolution of the matter, that project will remain on hold for a year because of a lawsuit filed by Robert Nudelman, president of the preservationist Hollywood Heritage Inc., and the Friends of the Santa Monica Mountains Parks and Seashore in an attempt to save the 72-year-old shell.
The look and feel of the model is slightly cruder because of the lower-resolution cameras on the Project Tango device, but Brown says that those things should be rectified soon enough.
Blake increased the resolution of the portraits to make the project more challenging for older students and admits that he was startled by how well the children responded to the project.
However, that timeline is on hold pending resolution of the lawsuit, which challenges the project on environmental grounds and argues that its ridership projections are unrealistic.
The Suffolk County Legislature is considering a resolution opposing the project.
Several towns have passed resolutions opposing the project because of worries about the disruption of a 220-mile-an-hour train zipping through downtown districts.
"We're focused on a timely resolution of this important project for the state and the city," Mr. Foye said.
Since there were several issues to be resolved, the participants in the Nomenclature Round Table recommended that the feasibility of the project and resolution of these issues be carried out as soon as possible by representatives of a wide range of interested parties.
"My major problem is how the hours will be enforced". A limit on the hours the umbrellas may be unfurled was included in the resolution that sustained the commission approval of the project design and conditional use permit.
