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Robert Moses Would Be Proud (Re: PHOTOS (Re: Budget Concerns Threaten To Derail Fulton Transit Hub) |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Jan 31 07:57:35 2008, in response to PHOTOS (Re: Budget Concerns Threaten To Derail Fulton Transit Hub), posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Wed Jan 30 15:38:33 2008. I work 2 blocks east of that spot. I can tell you that the pix do not tell the entire story. The real situation is far worse.Businesses have been driven out by the MTA directly on Fulton Street and Dey Street. Other businesses not evicted for the construction have closed because of the loss of foot traffic. Tourists simply don't want to walk around there because of the construction zones, dirt, garbage and the difficulty in simply traversing the sidewalks there. They pass through the area quickly on their way to Ground Zero (another construction scandal) or Century 21. The businesses on Broadway between Fulton and Maiden Lane are really suffering, as are the businesses on John between Broadway and William Street. This reminds me of how Robert Moses used to operate - get everyone out first, get the stakes into the ground and then figure out how to do the job. That's what he did to the Bronx neighborhoods that were evicted and destroyed to build the Cross-Bronx even before the funding was secured. The MTA wasted tens of millions on studies and plans. For them to now just blandly state that we aren't going to get what we were promised, and that we may get nothing at all for another two years is just plain SCANDAL. |
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