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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jul 23 12:03:49 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 23 11:39:58 2007. Historians love challenging long-held beliefs, and that's led to a lot of crap being put on the internet. Robert Caro's assertion about the overpasses being built too low for mass transit of any kind accessing Jones Beach is not only true, but totally in character for the man. He made damn sure the Verrazano Bridge could not carry rail service of any kind. He blocked putting rail service on the GWB. He consistently killed off any chance that the SAS would be built in his lifetime. Robert Moses was a flaming racist, which is probably the only thing about the man which makes him truly "a man of his time". Additionally, the assertion that other cities favored roads over mass transit post-WWII is deceiving. NYC was the only major American city to see it's mass transit infrastructure SHRINK during the 50's and 60's. Other cities may have favored road building over subway construction, but these cities did not allow their existing infrastructure to disappear during this era. |
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