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September 21, 2005

At W.T.C. and Brooklyn Arena, Death and Life of the Superblock

The New York Observer
by Matthew Schuerman

wtc.jpgWhen planners contemplated rebuilding on the World Trade Center site, the first mistake they unanimously hoped to rectify was the restoration of through streets, since the superblocks and raised plazas, popular in the 60s, proved to be an anathema to vibrant neighborhoods.

Now, in our post-end-of-history world where terrorism concerns trump all others, it looks like New Yorkers are going to have to accept street closings in Lower Manhattan. Adding to the mix the Ratner arena/high-rise megablockolis in Brooklyn and recent nostalgia for Robert Moses, reporter Matthew Schuerman detects a new trend towards supersizing New York City.

Jane Jacobs, we hardly knew ya.

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Posted by lumi at September 21, 2005 2:35 PM