What Will New York City Gain By Hosting The Olympics?

Lessons learned from two ambitious World's Fairs hosted by New York City.

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April 28, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"...well before the current debate over whether New York needs the Olympic Games or a new stadium to accommodate them, two ambitious World's Fairs were also touted as cost-effective vehicles to expand the city's parks and public works. The analogy is not precise, but the question it raises is instructive: Did those fairs deliver on their promise of civic improvement?...

New York City's bid for the 2012 Olympics promises what its organizers say would be "the largest single investment" in parks and recreational facilities in the city's history and a legacy of other public works, including permanent housing in an Olympic Village in western Queens and transportation improvements in the metropolitan area, including the extension westward of the No. 7 subway line.

Thanks to Jason Newman

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