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Title: Entering the Superproject Void
Post by: Lunican on December 02, 2009, 11:08:33 AM

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THINKING BIG The Golden Gate Bridge under construction in 1937, when an era of huge public works projects was under way.

Generation after generation, giant public works projects have altered the American landscape. The Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad come to mind. So do massive urban sewer and sanitation systems, the Tennessee Valley Authority, rural electrification, the Hoover Dam, the Interstate System, the subway networks in San Francisco and Washington, the Big Dig in Boston ... and the list abruptly stops.

Full Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/weekinreview/29uchitelle.html

Title: Re: Entering the Superproject Void
Post by: Sportmotor on December 02, 2009, 11:11:47 AM

we have a big project works...althought its in the middle east lol

na but seriously lets make a monument to Me 8)

Title: Re: Entering the Superproject Void
Post by: JeffreyS on December 02, 2009, 11:32:50 AM

The national HSR if we do build it would be our eras contribution.

Title: Re: Entering the Superproject Void
Post by: civil42806 on December 02, 2009, 01:11:25 PM

Can you imagine trying to get the environmental permits to do any of those projects these days.

Metro Jacksonville

Urban Thinking => Analysis => Topic started by: Lunican on December 02, 2009, 11:08:33 AM