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Re: Building The Cross Bronx Expressway

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Posted by JJ on Thursday, May 8th 2008:

In Reply to: Building The Cross Bronx Expressway posted by The ghost of Robert Moses on Wednesday, May 7th 2008:

Our neighborhood was seriously split in half ca. 1952/53. Mountains of jagged boulders, desolate piles of bricks made a mess of peaceful Bronx life. The big lot where we played and sleighed was gone. You couldn't cross the street to the stores, friends or to school anymore.

"When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis you have to hack your way through with a meat-axe", Robert Moses.


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