On the surface, yes -- but Moses (for whatever reason) hated the subways, and was to some extent responsible for the neglect that made the system a wreck by the late '70s. (For those who have complaints about the way things are now, it was worse.)
In any case, a lot of the subway art described here was from before the '30s -- many of the stations described are part of the original IRT line, which opened 1904.
According to The Power Broker, Moses liked grand visions and held poor people in contempt, because he thought he knew what was good for them.
Rehabilitating the subway is not a new, grand project. It also would‘ve primarily benefitted the poor people in a way contrary to his visions. Finally, it would‘ve competed for federal money with his precious highway projects since the federal government would be reluctant to allocate too much money to one region. So the subway had all the things going against it, in Moses‘ opinion.
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On the surface, yes -- but Moses (for whatever reason) hated the subways, and was to some extent responsible for the neglect that made the system a wreck by the late '70s. (For those who have complaints about the way things are now, it was worse.)
In any case, a lot of the subway art described here was from before the '30s -- many of the stations described are part of the original IRT line, which opened 1904.
According to The Power Broker, Moses liked grand visions and held poor people in contempt, because he thought he knew what was good for them.
Rehabilitating the subway is not a new, grand project. It also would‘ve primarily benefitted the poor people in a way contrary to his visions. Finally, it would‘ve competed for federal money with his precious highway projects since the federal government would be reluctant to allocate too much money to one region. So the subway had all the things going against it, in Moses‘ opinion.