But this, they say, means that money is stretched too thin and projects left unfinished.
Half the developers responsible for these aborted projects left the country after the crash.
Ten years of office work, of literary projects left incomplete, finally took their toll.
If we've got one project left, where would you go?'," Geffen said.
Those who worked on the project left with a sense of awe.
In Monroe, road improvement projects left abandoned when state money was reduced last year will remain undone.
Dramatic changes in the film industry over two decades also helped bring life to a project left for dead.
But King Louis, who resented Eleanor's open espousal of Raymond's project, left abruptly for Jerusalem and forced the queen to join him.
The current chief minister has not yet put forth a detailed plan to deal with the massive legacy of construction projects left behind by his predecessor.
"Over the course of the year, 39 projects left the oversight programme due to completion, being redesigned into other projects or, in a few cases, being halted.
It spawned a bestselling double live album and accompanying feature film, but the sprawling and chaotic project left Cocker exhausted and facing a crippling pile of bills.
