VART 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Throgs Neck Bridge, Triborough Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge
27 Sep 2018
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Image as the place of invention, ambition, deal making etc. 1840 - port of nyc was the busiest in the us. 1860 - more than half a million people. Consolidation of nyc: the joining of all the 5 boroughs. 1908- henry ford model t car: by 1929 more than 15 million cars have been purchased. 1909 - queens borough bridge: connected queens to the rest of the boroughs. 1910 - brooklyn bridge was being built: connecting manhattan to its surroundings. Moses understood that connecting the boroughs was extremely important. Chairman of the long island state park commission 1927. Wanted to make the city adaptable to car traffic. Overtime the course of his career: he was the chairman of many different organizations, ex. Became city of construction coordinator in 1946: was able to get federal funding for ny public housing. Between the 30s and 60s he was responsible to throgs neck bridge, the brooklyn-
