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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Jul 25 07:47:09 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by SMAZ on Wed Jul 25 05:55:03 2007. That is all very true SMAZ:I don't think people today realize what kind of buildings there still were before I was born in 1965 for example. Many of those buildings were torn down to make way for highways, but those buildings in many cases would likely have had to be torn down at one time or another anyway. Moses did things that had to be done, and while in retrospect it would have been good to get subway lines expanded and the like (not only the SAS but maybe instead of tearing down rebuilding the 3rd Avenue El and other such lines?), without the highways we have now, NYC would be much worse off than it has been and might never have recovered from the 1975 bankruptcy or something similar later on. He was only doing what were the national trends at that time, and while he may have gone overboard (especially in later years), most of it was clearly needed and was well-intended in those days. You're also right that if Moses had gotten to build the stretch Trump is building now in Manhattan, you would have seen something much more middle class there. The pricing out of Manhattan was beginning to get out of hand when I moved from New York in 1986 and only has gotten worse since, especially with vacancy rates in Manhattan at all-time lows (something like .25% I believe). |
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