To Avert Further Collapse, Build (Beautifully) For The Future

“We need to do for the 21st century what FDR did for the twentieth–invest in worn-out highways, our frail electrical grid, our public transit, brittle bridges, and water supplies. … This late-model WPA would take advantage of a moment when great architecture, buoyed by a long construction boom and debilitated by the bubble’s pop, is looking for a purpose.”