It is only barely worth wasting bandwidth on—let's go out on a limb: New York will not be hosting the Olympics in 2012—but the Plan B stadium in Queens is, truly, we can all agree, a dog of the most doggish sort. No matter; product is product. The busy crisis-PR mavens at Rubinstein Associates burned the post-Sabbath oil this weekend, readying a rare Sunday APB to celebrate the above image, said to be the first (though we recall seeing something in all the papers, and not caring very much, last week. Or whenever). Rich in tripe—"[the stadium] will meet the highest competition standards, with the ultimate services and comfort for all members of the Olympic Family"—the release nevertheless omitted any mention of the architects responsible for this attempt to match the glories of Athens and Atlanta. So it falls to us. We know you're out there. Do the right thing. Reveal yourselves to The Gutter. We'll be gentle.

[This just in. A letter from the highest executive reaches of HOK Sport: "Dudes! It's so totally us. I mean, don't we like design everything?? Keep it real."]

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