To Save Manhattan, Dump The Building Code

There is only one way to revive and rebuild Downtown Manhattan successfully: New York's building code has got to go.

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July 22, 2002, 12:00 PM PDT

"You don't need urban planners and endless "community meetings" to revive lower Manhattan. Nothing, however, will happen within our lifetime (or reservoir of patience) without moving the bureaucratic legions out of the way. Besides, New York could never be "rebuilt" by some master architect because the city will always and inevitably insist on rebuilding itself."

Thanks to Chris Steins

Read the full story: Rebuild Downtown By Wrecking City's Worst Cartel

Friday, July 19, 2002 in Wall St. Journal

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