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Re: NY Daily News: Robert Moses’ Name Should Be Removed from Public Works |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 16 13:24:35 2019, in response to Re: NY Daily News: Robert Moses’ Name Should Be Removed from Public Works, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 16 13:17:55 2019. https://untappedcities.com/2013/12/18/5-things-in-nyc-we-can-blame-on-robert-moses/https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/berger17/2017/03/01/the-cross-bronx-expressway-was-it-worth-it/ https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his3460fall2013/?p=217 "The building of this new highway system meant that over 60,000 residents would have to be uprooted and relocated to new areas. Most of these people lived in South Bronx. Moses led the white exodus out of the Bronx. Most of the white residents moved to either Westchester or Northern Bronx areas and other moved to small suburban houses being built around the Cross Bronx Expressway in New Jersey. The poorer residents who where given a meager $200 per room compensation were forced to move out and settle in new high-rise apartment buildings that were being built. These new behemoths had could include up to 1700 apartments per building. As a result of this mass relocation the economy of the Bronx suffered immensely. The South Bronx area lost over 600,000 manufacturing jobs. Youth unemployment rose to 40 percent and in some areas as high as 80 percent. The most devastating affect of the Cross Bronx Expressway took place when the newly built apartment buildings passed into the hands of slumlords. " |
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