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November 18, 2009
Book on mega-projects offers more reasons for skepticism of Atlantic Yards
Atlantic Yards Report
Norman Oder applies an Atlantic Yards perspective to his latest book report:
I wrote yesterday how the 2003 book Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment, authored by Alan Altshuler and David Luberoff, implicitly criticized Atlantic Yards in advising that overrides of local decision making are "very rarely justified" for sports facilities, since they don't serve "urgent regional needs."
There's much more in the book to generate skepticism about Atlantic Yards, as I describe below, including how project proponents have subtly shifted costs to the public sector; why the AY footprint poses a tighter fit than nearly all other sports facility siting efforts; and how mega-projects invariably involve cost escalation.
Posted by lumi at November 18, 2009 6:01 AM