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Greater than Ever - New York's Ultimate Comeback Story (Hardcover)
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Greater than Ever - New York's Ultimate Comeback Story (Hardcover)
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Cities that stand still perish. Especially one that is supposed to
never sleep. Alongside Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Dan Doctoroff
led New York's dramatic economic resurgence following the September
11th terrorist attacks. The five-borough economic development
strategy included the most ambitious land-use transformation in the
city's modern history; the largest affordable housing program ever
launched by an American city; the formation of new Central Business
Districts and Industrial Business Zones; and the creation of new
destinations like the Harbor District, which will link together new
parkland and miles of waterfront esplanades in Lower Manhattan,
Governors Island, and Brooklyn. These projects have helped lead New
York to its strongest economic position in decades. During his
tenure at City Hall, Doctoroff also led the creation of PlaNYC, a
127-point plan designed to make New York the first environmentally
sustainable twenty-first-century city. The plan focuses on every
facet of New York's physical environment--its transportation
network, housing stock, land and park system, energy network, water
supply, and air quality--and sets the course for a 30% reduction in
global warming emissions by 2030. All of this, plus the
rejuvenation of Brooklyn, the flourishing art scene around the High
Line, and the signal failure to land the Olympics, took place in a
city with more complicated vested interests, local tribal politics,
and gigantic egos than any other. The story of the reinvention of
New York is a high-octane drama with some memorable cameo
performances. At the middle is Doctoroff: intense, driven,
determined to save a city from a monstrous outside attack and its
own worst demons.
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