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I may not be an Olympic-caliber weightlifter, but I trained like one the day that \u201cThe Urbanist\u201d arrived at my desk. The massive tome is more coffee-table book than paperback, but it rivals \u201cThe Power Broker\u201d in its pure, physical mass \u2013 and that\u2019s not by accident. \u201cThe Urbanist\u201d profiles Dan Doctoroff as a modern-day Robert Moses. One of Mike Bloomberg\u2019s deputy mayors, Doctoroff physically transformed New York City. And his catalyst was a bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

Read more Opinion: I helped run NYC\u2019s largest and oldest horse-carriage stable. It\u2019s time to shut this dangerous relic down.<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a truism among five borough boosters that New York City from the bid, even if we ultimately lost out to London. Hudson Yards and the No. 7 train extension. Housing on the Long Island City waterfront. The NYC Ferry and the Bronx Terminal Market. All of it was kick-started by Doctoroff\u2019s dream of hosting the Olympics.<\/p>\n

And the optimistic side of me hopes that\u2019s what happens with the nascent bid to host the 2042 Winter Olympics \u2013 an effort that City & State\u2019s Kate Lisa wrote about in this week\u2019s cover story. The Winter Games are smaller in scope than the summer ones, but this bid would be bigger in geography, stretching from the Big Apple to the North Country.<\/p>\n

Read more Will the Lake Placid-New York City Olympic bid stick the landing?<\/a><\/p>\n

My own Olympic dreams were shattered last time I visited Lake Placid. I had skied a few runs at Whiteface Mountain before I slipped on an icy catwalk and pulled a muscle in my back. I spent the afternoon nursing a beer with my friend who\u2019d just torn her ACL on the slopes.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s hope New York\u2019s bid doesn\u2019t faceplant the same way. We\u2019ll be following along the whole time, watching as this long-term project barrels down the mountain.<\/p>\n

Read more The 2026 Top Trade Associations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s hope New York\u2019s latest bid to host the Winter Games goes as well as the last one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,20,47],"tags":[64,21,50],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-note","category-new-york-city","category-opinion","tag-editors-note","tag-new-york-city","tag-opinion"],"yoast_head":"\nEditor\u2019s note: The thrill of Olympic defeat - Business Relocation Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=572\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Editor\u2019s note: The thrill of Olympic defeat - 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