Mayo Graham of the Public Works Capital Region Advisory Committee felt that "both the sculpture and its location" were fine, but was not happy with what he called the "bus 'hut,' bench, and surrounding planting", as he wrote in a letter to Bob Osler, Acting Chief of Environmental Design, dated 9 August 1977:Frankly, I think that we should care enough about the sculpture to highlight it... rather than try to hide or detract from it with these other unattractive elements.