Like many Ancient and Medieval cities, Basel at one time was surrounded by a city wall - or rather a series of city walls. There were a total of three walls built, one started in A.D. 1080, one starred in A.D. 1230, and one started in A.D. 1362 and finished in A.D. 1398. The latter two were built to accommodate the growing city.
Included as part of the Last and outer wall build, it stood from A.D. 1392 to the present.
I can't even imagine our citizenry agreeing to start a project such as building a wall knowing it may take nearly four decades to complete. We can barely do anything through the next administration. My how times have changed.
ReplyDeleteEd, on the one hand I do not believe that you are wrong. On the other hand, I believe that the nature of projects has changed immensely. Once upon a time is was to get something built or done. Now it is almost inevitably a thing where multiple needs have to be met and multiple hands are in the pocketbook to get their fair share.
DeleteOne of the actual projects I have seen done in my lifetime was the rebuilding of the I-5 Corridor after the Loma Prieta Earthquake. The project got done quickly and before the due date - to be fair, partially because there was a cash incentive to do so, but it got done. Too many projects now have no timeline driving them and no cost control over them.