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Lead Data Scientist, activist, survivor. Was actually assaulted by an actual right-wing terrorist. Opinions belong only to me, especially the bad ones. she/they

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    1. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

      A number of things were happening. Cars were becoming cheaper and more accessible. NYC was growing, leading to development in Long Island.

      1 reply 45 retweets 173 likes
    2. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

      Moses was pro-automobile and anti-public transit. When he built bridges, he refused to add rail support, though he could have.

      5 replies 96 retweets 282 likes
    3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

      He refused, for instance, to build subway connectors along the Verrazano to Staten Island.http://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/22/10096344/the-planned-subway-lines-that-never-got-built-151-and-why …

      1 reply 67 retweets 263 likes
    4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

      These things seemed obvious, even at the time. His motivation for not building them was more sinister: poor people used public transit.

      1 reply 119 retweets 478 likes
    5. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

      In Long Island, he built low-clearance bridges over the Parkways leading to Jones Beach State Park, almost 200 in total.

      2 replies 74 retweets 280 likes
    6. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

      This effectively denied bus access to the destination, blocking out Black folks from Harlem.

      5 replies 81 retweets 334 likes
    7. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
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      He could have run the Cross Bronx through East Tremont along Crotana Park, but chose instead to run it through a Jewish neighborhood.

      3 replies 69 retweets 234 likes
    8. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
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      1500+ people were displaced and lost their homes because of this.

      1 reply 64 retweets 231 likes
    9. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

      He built playgrounds in rich neighborhoods, but only one in Harlem. The ironwork on the fence was adorned with monkeyspic.twitter.com/txIC7ksvcE

      17 replies 149 retweets 429 likes
    10. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

      Robert Moses weaponized Civil Engineering and Urban Planning to suppress marginalized communities. Engineering is always political.

      15 replies 668 retweets 1,427 likes
      Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017

      Elon Musk doesn't strike me as an innovator when he talks about building tunnels and subways. He strikes me as Robert Moses.

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        2. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          Who are these tunnels going to serve? The Latino communities in LA? Or are we just running them straight to the rich neighborhoods?

          22 replies 106 retweets 447 likes
        3. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          Robert Moses permanently shaped the cultural landscape of New York City. It is what it is because of him. But it is what is because of him.

          4 replies 75 retweets 365 likes
        4. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          What will Elon Musk do? What centuries-long impacts on our cities will he have, and who will profit from them? Who will pay?

          6 replies 117 retweets 452 likes
        5. Emily G‏Verified account @EmilyGorcenski 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          By the way, @langdonw wrote about this in "Do Artifacts have Politics" almost *40 years ago.* https://innovate.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Winner-Do-Artifacts-Have-Politics-1980.pdf …

          10 replies 141 retweets 625 likes
        6. Leslie Molson‏ @lesliemolson 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @langdonw

          Moses did this in several cities, including New Orleans.

          2 replies 8 retweets 45 likes
        7. Gus Kroll‏ @Gus_Kroll 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @lesliemolson @EmilyGorcenski @langdonw

          And here in Portland

          2 replies 4 retweets 25 likes
        8. pumpkin spice ghoul‏ @_ellenisdead 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @Gus_Kroll @lesliemolson and

          Idk if Moses was involved but this sounds a LOT like Chicago. It's not an accident most CTA lines serve historically white hoods.

          1 reply 3 retweets 35 likes
        9. Leslie Molson‏ @lesliemolson 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @_ellenisdead @Gus_Kroll and

          He wasn't directly, but his "planning" solutions informed the implementation of segregation, even in major cities that did not hire him.

          1 reply 4 retweets 30 likes
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        2. Alon Levy‏ @alon_levy 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @asmallteapot

          Robert Moses got things built.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. hallowellen teapot  👻‏ @asmallteapot 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @alon_levy @EmilyGorcenski

          “Hitler got things built.” “Stalin got things built.” “Map got things built.”

          1 reply 1 retweet 34 likes
        4. Alon Levy‏ @alon_levy 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @asmallteapot @EmilyGorcenski

          It has a tragedy/farce element to it.

          0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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        2. NaN               Richard Westmoreland‏ @RSWestmoreland 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          Everything Elon does ultimately leads back to colonizing Mars. Earth has the investors who require ROI - Mars has radiation to hide from.

          1 reply 3 retweets 2 likes
        3. NaN               Richard Westmoreland‏ @RSWestmoreland 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @RSWestmoreland @EmilyGorcenski

          Elon's tunnel borer on this planet is just a well masked prototype for a Martian city builder.

          1 reply 6 retweets 13 likes
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        2. Ysegrim‏ @Ysegrim 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski

          OH: The main purpose of hyperloop is to prevent CA HRS from becoming a reality (and thus from competing with Tesla cars)

          1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
        3. Ysegrim‏ @Ysegrim 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @Ysegrim @EmilyGorcenski

          HSR (High-Speed Railway), even. 2017, and I still can't edit tweets.

          0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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        2. Gavin Deichen‏ @gdeichen 29 Apr 2017
          Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @Grimeandreason

          I don't buy this comparison at all. If Musk isn't careful he could do bad things, but I have no reason to think that's his intention.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Ben King‏ @Grimeandreason 29 Apr 2017
          Replying to @gdeichen @EmilyGorcenski

          I don't think it's his intention. Was it even Moses's? The point is such projects are inherently political, & risk unintended consequence

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        4. Gavin Deichen‏ @gdeichen 29 Apr 2017
          Replying to @Grimeandreason @EmilyGorcenski

          Musk is spending quite a lot of money on transport innovation, but is he going to single-handedly twist city planning to be anti poverty?

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Ben King‏ @Grimeandreason 29 Apr 2017
          Replying to @gdeichen @EmilyGorcenski

          And, tbf, some of his previous tone-deaf comments lend themselves to fears that such considerations might be neglected,.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        6. Gavin Deichen‏ @gdeichen 29 Apr 2017
          Replying to @Grimeandreason @EmilyGorcenski

          Wasn't aware of such comments..? I mean I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't exactly connected with the common American, but still…

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea 29 Apr 2017
          Replying to @gdeichen @Grimeandreason @EmilyGorcenski

          I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say Elon Musk may be a little bit autistic. Does that warrant comparing him with Moses? Eh. No.

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Gavin Deichen‏ @gdeichen 29 Apr 2017
          Replying to @Triquetrea @Grimeandreason @EmilyGorcenski

          Or he may be an actual genius.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        9. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea 29 Apr 2017
          Replying to @gdeichen @Grimeandreason @EmilyGorcenski

          Not like the two are mutually exclusive in any way, shape or form, but I don't think it's particularly in doubt that he is a genius.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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