johnsonutah t1_iwrtz9z wrote
Reply to comment by OA5599_CO in The Road That Killed A City: A podcast series about how I-84 destroyed the heart of Hartford. A trend that was happening to all American cities. by marxianthings
Bro you ever been to Manhattan? Notice how the highways go around the city instead of up the guy? It’s 101 to have highways go around cities or underground, and to preserve the waterfront at all costs.
The state fucked up urban planning big time and can’t afford to fix the problem because of pensions. Smh
Jenaxu t1_iwtlths wrote
Robert Moses actually came very close to running a freeway through lower Manhattan. Right through Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park, Soho... imagine trying to propose that with what we know now? They'd call for your head on a pike. It's a shame that so many other cities were 30-40 years too late to figure out how much damage this sort of infrastructure would do.
OA5599_CO t1_iwuh46u wrote
Bro, Manhattan isn't a city. New York City is the city and highways go through it.
johnsonutah t1_iwuzgf2 wrote
Lmao Manhattan would be considered a city if you picked it up and put it anywhere else in the world - it’s be a damn big one too. Obviously it’s a borough of NYC but cmon man, the highway systems in the other parts of NYC still do a better job of not carving up a city than the highways in CT!
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