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 …
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What will Elon Musk do? What centuries-long impacts on our cities will he have, and who will profit from them? Who will pay?
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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 … -
Moses did this in several cities, including New Orleans.
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And here in Portland
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Idk if Moses was involved but this sounds a LOT like Chicago. It's not an accident most CTA lines serve historically white hoods.
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He wasn't directly, but his "planning" solutions informed the implementation of segregation, even in major cities that did not hire him.
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Should clarify: in Portland he didn't use racial component. We'd already made it super white. KKK, redlined, racial exclusion laws, etc.
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Moses just plowed I-205 right into annexed town/neighborhood Lents downtown.
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I was thinking of reading The Power Broker over the summer - does it get into all of this, and if not, any reading suggestions?
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Heavily. Yes, it is a remarkable source.
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Thanks!
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Never have I heard a more eloquent synthesis of the damage he did and how relevant this is now for the future of our cities. Thank you.
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I am optimistic though that once
@elonmusk studies the impact of poor transportation planning, he will do the right thing. He's not Moses.
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Thanks for this thread. Any research to confirm counter case. For example, Japan: great public transit, low poverty/crime?
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