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Re: Jane Jacobs Re: Cross Manhattan expressway |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 24 22:37:39 2007, in response to Re: Jane Jacobs Re: Cross Manhattan expressway, posted by BrooklynBus on Tue Jul 24 22:25:58 2007. Also, originally proposed as an elevated higheay which raised much objections, the final proposal I believe was to have the highway sunken in an open cut.Yes, I agree probably....with the open cut. perhaps, a double stacked highway, in the cut, so only half the ROW would be needed. Yes, a lot of old (and at the time crappy) buildings would have been lost, and lost to the great renovation they eventually recieved), but with a cut, they may have even been able to cover over it, and rebuild on top, and Manhattan being what it is, would have had some expensive real estate on top by now, and the nightmare that is Canal St with all that unnecessary through traffic on the surface of local roads, would all be hidden in the highway in the cut or perhaps even underground by now (think Park Ave Metro North cut, now tunnel). Also, the mid-Manhattan Expressway also would have necessitated much demolition, but there were no skyscrapers in its path, just mostly small buildings and a few mid-size buildings. And many of those buildings there were torn down and replaced at this point anyway.....and yes, it would have made sense to connect the Midtown and Lincoln tunnels, and that was the original idea....and why the LIE has the I495 designation. It would have taken a lot of through traffic (that Manhattan doesn't need) off the local roads. |
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