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10 comments:
Robert Moses was a bastard that destroyed the Rockaways & the Bronx.
I'd be curious what proposals anyone has to replace projects Moses did.
What were/are the alternatives?
Why did he have to get rid of the fountain? Why not renovate it?
Anon No. 2:
Well, for one thing, building the Cross Bronx Expressway on a different route that wouldn't have wrecked as many houses and neighborhoods. It was proposed, but he refused to do it.
I have a copy of the same picture (B&W) in my "Olde Flushing" book by Harriet Dondero Lawson (1952), but she didn't say where it was. I thought it looked like Northern Blvd. around the Armory or Town Hall. Is that where it was?
Whoops, forgot to click on the link. Never mind . . . .
Actually read something that the locals wanted to get rid of it thinking it was old fashioned and taking up too much parking spaces.
There are parking spaces in the middle of the traffic islands of Northern Blvd? You're an idiot.
Robert Moses was a gentile (non-jew) hating urban blighter. The effects of his evil plans can still be felt today in areas such as the Bronx and the Rockaways.
Anon No. 8:
I'm not defending it- this was a terrible thing to do, but what Anon No. 7 probably meant was that this action was to widen Northern Boulevard's roadway to allow for more traffic and keep parking spaces there. Typical Moses thinking.
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