tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post3801936931771026557..comments2023-10-30T05:45:18.219-04:00Comments on Bronx News Network: On Robert Moses ...Bronx News Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022201181076163457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-79975653640340850002007-02-20T08:25:00.000-05:002007-02-20T08:25:00.000-05:00Majora Carter of Sustainable South Bronx comments ...Majora Carter of Sustainable South Bronx comments on the exhibits and their implications for neighborhoods at http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/28164/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-66450530482599630662007-02-19T12:25:00.000-05:002007-02-19T12:25:00.000-05:00The Riverdale Press commented kast week on the rev...The Riverdale Press commented kast week on the revisionist critics using the show to push a development agenda.<BR/><BR/>Here's how the paper ended its editorial: <BR/><BR/>"The vulgar, out-of-scale apartment buildings under construction today along the Henry Hudson Parkway and on nearby streets reconfirm Caro’s sad verdict that building without reference to a neighborhood’s character is destructive. <BR/><BR/>"Imagine a Riverdale planned and zoned thoughtfully, one that as Caro writes, would have had room for apartment buildings, but would have preserved its serenity. It might have taken a little longer to build a highway from Manhattan to the Bronx, but think what advantages could have been reaped if the builders had been willing to heed the wishes and the wisdom of neighborhood people.<BR/><BR/>"That’s what the debate opened by the reappraisal of Moses’s legacy is really about: whether the powerful will continue to regard the city’s residents as selfish, narrow-minded and unworthy of respect, or whether participatory decision-making will guide the evolution of New York."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com