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July 31, 2007
Talk of the Town
frieze.com
By Eugenia Bell
An essay on the trio of exhibits re-examining the legacy of Robert Moses notes that the controversy has triggered debate on contemporary planning issues:
For many New Yorkers the trio of shows (at the Museum of the City of New York, the Queens Museum of Art and Columbia University’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery) has also prompted discussion about some of the lengthy planning deliberations the city is currently experiencing. (Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, Hudson Yards in west midtown Manhattan and the veritable impasse at Ground Zero are only the most obvious.) Thanks in no small part to the efforts of urban theorist Jane Jacobs in the 1960s, New York’s historical experience of Robert Moses’ work has led to greater community input and activism when it comes to major redevelopment projects, many of which raise the ugly spectre of one of the most reviled of Moses’ crusades – eminent domain.
Posted by lumi at July 31, 2007 7:45 PM