Developing Affordable Housing Ecosystems World Wide
By:David A. Smith [Concluded from yesterday's Part 2 and the preceding Part 1.] So far, our tales of paradise hocked started with the visions of sugar plums that led, as reported in an older New York Times (September 8, 2010) article, to the building of Giants Stadium (RIP), the creation of a bond [...]
By:David A. Smith [Continued from yesterday's Part 1.] Yesterday’s post on spectacle venues told the tortuous story of the Meadowlands, using a New York Times (September 8, 2010) article from a few years back, which illustrates that, of all the uses to which urban land can be put, the most curious is that [...]
By:David A. Smith Is spectacular civic infrastructure a good investment? Was this ceremony worth $42 million? As London wallows in its Olympic celebration, and the British fume over tickets that are both unavailable and going unused and wonder over the mounting cost, it’s worth placing the infrastructure buildout in perspective, and look [...]
By: David A. Smith When it comes to Atlantic Yards’ excruciating development process, the affordable housing has always been a political ornament – a sparkling bauble prominently featured in the submission, proffered as a reason why the applicant should be given concessions today in anticipation of repaying that with goodies tomorrow. If you’re [...]
[Continued from yesterday's Part 3 and the preceding Part 1 and Part 2.] By: David A. Smith Now, four days into our trek, we arrive at the critical juncture. We must have ED4ED – without it, twenty-first century cities cannot keep themselves functional in an increasingly complex world. Conversely, as explored in a [...]
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