For his Masters thesis Mr. Temchine studied the "failed" UN PLaza in San Francisco and the effect it has had on the space it was designed for, over the years. Though Mr. Temchine acknowledges that city planners hated the plaza before it was installed, he does not allow them to be correct. Instead, he focuses on the plaza's place in the city's heart and minds, its effect on the homeless problem of SF, and the philosophy of city design. He also touches on the hopeless attempts to revive the plaza speckled with remarks from the many personalities involved. Very interesting, even to a non-SF resident.

A well crafted piece that takes a couple of listenings-to to get everything from it. Sometimes I had a little difficulty understanding the circumstances surrounding and implications of all of the different viewpoints expressed. I felt a little left up in the air about what's happened to the people that used to congregate in UN Plaza. They've been pushed on, but where to? How has the removal of the benches and the fencing-in of the fountain effected the people for-whom this space was the most useful? Well united by contemplative soundscapes, this piece has the feel of the abandoned open-space that is its subject matter. Sometimes the wind blows quickly and sometimes, it's still, but it all amounts to emptiness in the end. Though I've never seen the plaza, I feel very acquainted with it having listened to this piece.