The Olympic Aquatic Stadium’s exterior framework was draped in now-tattered translucent tapestries designed by Brazilian artist Adriana Varejao. Viewers at home didn’t see much of the outdoor practice pool but we can assume its water was clean and blue… or at least, green. Good times!
“During the Olympics, the city was really trying hard to keep things together,” explained Oliver Stuenkel, who teaches international relations at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, a Brazilian university located in Rio de Janiero. “But the minute the Olympics were over, the whole thing disintegrated.” Ya think?
These shocking images depict the warm-up pool just outside the Olympic Aquatic stadium. The Olympic Park in general has become “a cutting-edge ghost town” but even Bodie appears better preserved these days.
The state-of-the-art, built from scratch Rio Media Center enabled thousands of journalists from dozens of countries to bring the best of Rio 2016 back to their country-people’s living rooms.
Here’s what’s left of the former Rio Media Center four-odd months after reporters filed their last Ryan Lochte story. Fake news? Hey, images don’t lie.
