Here’s another Build the Block ad from the days leading up to the referendum. It really tugs at the heartstrings as children are brought in to sell the referendum:
Did you hear that part where it says, “An IMAX theater will put viewers into the action right downtown,” and the excited child says, “That’s big-city stuff”? I hope the PRM people take a good look at that same child at the end when she says, “build it for me.” She’s talking about an IMAX. That’s what she was promised. Are the PRM people going to take it away now?
I was looking at some Build the Block videos on YouTube and was shocked — shocked! — to find this old TV ad from early 2009:
What you’ve just watched is a figment of your imagination. It doesn’t really exist because Tim Riggenbach says they never promised us an IMAX.
This online promotion from “Friends of Build the Block” doesn’t exist either:
I was downtown today and took a picture of a sign on the exciting and inspiring ExploraFence around the old Sears block. I was shocked — shocked! — to find this sign:
Can’t read it? I’ll get a little closer:
Did you see that last sentence? “IMAX-like cutting-edge technology is coming right here.”
Okay, you caught me. That’s not really what it says. It says, “3-D IGST cutting-edge technology is coming right here.”
No? Still not right? Well, Tim Riggenbach said they never promised us an IMAX, so I’m sure it doesn’t say, “3-D IMAX cutting-edge technology is coming right here.”
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