civic building, steel frame
Image by pix-l
Much of the site preparation and underground work showed little visible changes, but with the cement being poured and steel frame going up, the pace seems to be much faster. This kind of visual expression of progress dominated the late 1960s to 1980s, called "hako gyosei" by some critics and social observers for the way it looked like progress by sheer physicality, even if all the motion and expense was taking the place of more qualitative governance (efficiency, social justice, complex problem solving and consultation, future planning, disaster planning, budget long-views, etc).