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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Feb 18 16:28:48 2007, in response to Re: A Transit Robert Moses Guy, posted by Edwards! on Sun Feb 18 16:13:06 2007. Face it..if You could build a road to anywhere you wanted..without anyone standing in your way..I understand the horror, but WHERE do you do that in an already populated city, with roads built for 1800's transportation? Most cities don't just have room for 6 lane highways without buildings being lost. Or knockdown several blocks of homes to build a giant housing project that looks more like a fenced in ARMY BASE... Yes, that is not good, and today we know better, but back then people had an out with an old, in with the new attitude. Out with the old run down tenements, and in with the new "modern" highrise. Today we know better, and that those old slum buildings can be fixed up. That was not the mentality in the 40's or 50's, or even the 60's. Or slice a neighborhood in half with a giant expressway.. Yes, horrible, but how would all that Cross Bronx traffic traverse using Tremont Ave instead? Or stop a much needed subway project just so "his never will be used expressway tunnel" can be built First... Unfotunately just about NO city was expanding subways/transit in that era. NY is not unique in that, in fact, it's the norm. |
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