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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Jul 26 10:56:49 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jul 26 10:22:40 2007. I didn't realize we were disagreeing about anything here.I guess the point is what eventually got built in terms of bridges and tunnels is what should have gotten built (with perhaps another tunnel to Jersey around 59 St). But Moses didn't built the Lincoln Tunnel or the Midtown Tunnel. If it were up to him, they probably would have been bridges. Well, I'm not exactly sure of the history of the Lincoln Tunnel, but I know he inherited the Midtown Tunnel and was not there for its conception since he didn't control the Tunnels at the time. And the major objection against the proposed Battery Bridge was the blight caused by its access roads in Lower Manhattan. Interesting to note is when you look at the model for that proposed bridge that Moses had prepared, the access roads appear to be very unobtrusive, so you wonder what all the fuss was about, but when you look at drawings prepared by others, the blight was significant. Also, one of Moses' points for building a bridge was that it would have a greater capacity than a tunnel. Still his ego was the prime reason why he favored bridges. |
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