Posts tagged Robert Moses
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National links: Cities are still grappling with Robert Moses’ highway legacy
Should NYC tear down the outdated Brooklyn-Queens Expressway? Businesses still want a lot of parking, even as some developers are trying to reduce it. The term “smart city” may be overused, but this report clarifies what a smart city actually is. Keep reading…
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Could Elon Musk, creator of Tesla and the Hyperloop, be the next Robert Moses?
There are all kinds of legitimate questions about whether Elon Musk’s ideas will work, but there’s another matter at hand too: would they perpetuate racial and class inequalities that exist as a result of previous urban planning, or would they help alleviate them? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Red smoke
Fire and water; Power off; Not on my street; Losing its edge; Streamlining; Operatic; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro delays
Silver Spring money hole; New Metro cars delayed; When the levee’s built; Steetcars soon; Goodbye corner office; DC residents come from, go to MD; Slow down; Smart meter opt out; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New York analogues
Rediscover Columbus Circle; Settle down about bikeshare, NYC; Adams Morgan = West Village?; KIPP will have to wait for Randall; Board sanctions Orange; Take a look; Is your commute an idyll?; Flood-control parkway; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: LivingCheaply
DC gives LivingSocial big bucks; DC budget autonomy on hold again; Wells is against private streetcars; McDonnell wants Loudoun to join Silver Line; Walk a mile in a neighbor’s shoes; Beat back anti-bikeshare arguments; A lot you didn’t know about Moses; Walk Score gets better; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time to start planning for growth
Washington will grow no matter what; Money talks; Tysons Corner does its part; Repubs demand more spending; Cross the virtual tunnel; Trail costs jump; Shout it from the treetops; Movie popcorn gets even more expensive; And…. Keep reading…
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Live chat with Anthony Flint, Wrestling with Moses
Anthony Flint is the author of Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City. It chronicles Jane Jacobs’ life, her introduction to the issue of urban planning, and her three great battles with Master Builder Robert Moses that handed him some rare, key losses in his long career of building public works projects good and bad. Keep reading…
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Live chat: Anthony Flint, Wrestling with Moses, tomorrow at 1
Robert Caro’s The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York cast New York’s “master builder” Robert Moses as the villain in the greatest urban planning drama of American history. But where’s the hero? Jane Jacobs fought Moses three times, and won three times. Her most well-known book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, transformed… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Switch
Try solar?; Don’t dump Zipcar yet; We’re impressive; Win free transit!; City of College Parking; Reading about Moses; Smarter rankings; Recession’s effects. Keep reading…