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August 29, 2007
Our lagging infrastructure, the mismatch with municipalities, and the AY (bad) example
Atlantic Yards Report
There's been a lot of concern about crumbling infrastructure in America's cities. What's being done, or not done? Why? How did Atlantic Yards become the posterproject for misplaced priorities?
Norman Oder connnects the dots:
A bridge collapse in Minneapolis and a steam-pipe explosion in Manhattan serve as a jumping-off point for a lengthy New Republic essay by architecture critic Sarah Williams Goldhagen, headlined American Collapse (subscribers only).
And, yes, Atlantic Yards eventually surfaces as a bad example of a public-private partnership that skirts real public needs. Both she and Joel Kotkin, an analyst writing in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, point to an unhealthy municipal focus on sports facilities and other sideshows.
Links:
Atlantic Yards Report
Wall St. Journal, via joelkotkin.com, Road Work
The New Republic, American Collapse (subscribers only)
Posted by lumi at August 29, 2007 8:51 AM