Economic Downturn Breeds Stalled Construction Sites

The recession dried up the funds needed to keep cranes running and construction workers on job sites; leaving the city littered with half-finished projects, scaffolding, deteriorating fences, and obstructed sidewalks and streets.
Economic Downturn Breeds Stalled Construction Sites
A stalled construction site at the corner of South Eighth Street and Kent Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, inactive since 2009. Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times
Tara MacIsaac
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A stalled construction site at the corner of South Eighth Street and Kent Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, inactive since 2009. (Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times)
Tara MacIsaac
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Tara MacIsaac is a writer based in Canada.
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