Time Out New York published a flattering article on the city racks competition. The article made the following statement.
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"In a joint competition hosted by the Department of Transportation and Cooper-Hewitt (and, okay, a little help from Google), ten finalists for the new design were unveiled today. They range from the bland-but-functional (we won’t name names) to something you’d see in MoMA (naming names now: Francis Anthony Bitonti). "