The Lord Gave To NYC Tech Start-Ups And Universities, And The Lord Hath Taken Away

Stephen Smith
December 18, 2011
Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy

Stanford's (losing) vision for Roosevelt Island, with requisite acres of green

Big news out of New York City: Stanford pulled out of Bloomberg’s applied sciences university “competition” after Cornell got an enormous donation, leaving the upstate university the front runner to build a new campus, likely on Roosevelt Island. This comes with up to $100 million in state subsidies, plus free land and invaluable planning acquiescence.

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Stephen Smith

I graduated Spring 2010 from Georgetown undergrad, with an entirely unrelated and highly regrettable major that might have made a little more sense if I actually wanted to become an international trade lawyer, but which alas seems good for little else.

I still do most of the tweeting for Market Urbanism

Stephen had previously written on urbanism at Forbes.com. Articles Profile; Reason Magazine, and Next City

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