Bold Endeavors: How Our Government Built America, and Why It Must Rebuild Now
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/magazine/08wwln-Q4-t.html?ref=magazine&pagewanted=all
Felix Rohatyn first gained fame for guiding NYC through its financial troubles when Rober Moses’ building spree could not be paid for.
It might be useful to place a rebuttal of the Canal and railroad booms somewhere on the net.