Comments about robert moses

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upfromflames: you betcha. Built in the wake of Robert Moses Fort Green plan. That was the same one that led the Dodgers to leave Brooklyn. ...

in response to: Brooklyn Hospital Incinerator by Peter

Linda Larson Brooks: I grew up in Flatlands Bay. Some of the people from Barren Island moved to the bay. Schnieder sounds familiar. I know the Lissenden's moved there too. My uncle Bud Ackermann......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

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CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

little ukraine: i did - it's crazy expensive, thankfully my fiancee's parents were paying the bill. montauk is quite an interesting place, definitely worth a trip. you might be interested to see Robert Moses' Hither......

in response to: Montauk Manor by little ukraine

little ukraine: a trip to dc gave me the opportunity to snap some robert moses photos.. here is long island's southern state parkway. note the landscaping of the median: [[img:20085]] a typical robert moses overpass is detailed with a......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

CartLegger: Word: I'll try to get some of those from "Robert Moses and the Making of the Modern City". But so much of that stuff is lost, lost forever, another world only safe on the lips and......

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Brad: Another thing I forgot. Since this is a Roberts Moses post, it would be interesting to see some before and after pictures of areas that his projects went through. I remember seeing a picture of......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

little ukraine: nice! well done. i'm hosting to post some of the robert moses causeway soon....

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Tyfoid Kid: This is very cool. I'm just reading that book about Robert Moses - The Power Broker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Broker This guy had a hand in all kinds of things and he got very rich for someone who was......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

CartLegger: Would it help if I gave ya'll a map to go by? Robert Moses NYC Map @ "Robert Moses and The Modern City" **http://www.learn.columbia.edu/moses/**...

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EvilGentleman: The dam under which I used to fish as a boy in Cornwall, Ontario was called the Moses-Saunders Power Dam. The New York State end of the dam is in Robert Moses State Park. That......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Peter: this is a great entry, marc. thanks for showing up on this site... im fascinated by much of what you wrote, and indeed, couldnt have put it any better in regards to hacking-via-transportation... ive often thought......

in response to: Hack the City by Marc