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Posted by Peter Rosa on Sat Oct 23 10:22:42 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by David Fairthorne on Fri Oct 22 23:35:09 2004. We don't need Crossrail ... no evidence for any overcrowded bits at all on the east-west axis inside the Circle Line.But the City financiers claim that it's vital to London's survival as Europe's leading financial centre, and they are threatening to take their business elsewhere if the line isn't built according to their wishes, from Heathrow to Canary Wharf via the City. Financiers in lower Manhattan say much the same thing. Downtown will decline if it doesn't get a rail link to JFK and a one-seat ride to Long Island. More ambitious - or greedy - types demand a one-seat ride to the northern suburbs on Metro North. Granted, Downtown has declined, relatively speaking, when compared to Midtown, just as the City seems to have declined slightly as compared to the West End (though of course 9/11 is a big factor in New York). Whether transit links can change what might be inevitable shifts in business locations is another matter entirely. |
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