tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post110225676908181843..comments2023-07-16T09:43:40.228-04:00Comments on The Conversation: Corporate fascism, Pittsburgh styleJonathan Pottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433924194960127561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1102470522713290852004-12-07T20:48:00.000-05:002004-12-07T20:48:00.000-05:00The URA and its friends in City Hall hate what the...The URA and its friends in City Hall hate what they can't control or take credit for, and that includes places like Carson Street and the Strip District.<br /><br />I don't necessarily have a problem with government assuming responsibility for cleaning up abandoned brownfield, (like the Waterfront and SouthSide Works) and even assuming site preparation costs before the property goes on the open market. But that's where government's role should end.Jonathan Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433924194960127561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1102465606910962842004-12-07T19:26:00.000-05:002004-12-07T19:26:00.000-05:00The Waterfront in Homestead actually received very...The Waterfront in Homestead actually received very few subsidies (a relative expression. "Very few" in PA, of course, is very different from "very few" in KS or other good government states).<br /><br />The irony about the South Side Works (which received a great deal of subsidies) is how artificial and, ultimately, pointless it seems compared to the organic mix of businesses, retail and residences north of there. Isn't that exactly what the URA tries to achieve through condemnations, bluster and tax subsidies? It naturally happened, thanks to market forces that opened up the area (largely in spite of City Hall).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com