Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Clarence Eckerson

Streetfilms: The Defeat of the Mt. Hood Freeway

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The Defeat of the Mt. Hood Freeway A Clarence Eckerson Streetfilm Running time: 11:42, 28.21 MB, QuickTime In the midst of his reign has New York City’s master-builder, Robert Moses proposed building a network of massive expressways through the middle of Portland, Oregon’s inner-city core. One part of Moses’ plan was to replace a stretch […]

The 96th Street Sidewalk Nibblers

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Enjoy the new Clarence Eckerson film, "The Sidewalk Nibblers." "Erosion of cities by automobiles entails so familiar a series of events that they hardly need describing. The erosion proceeds as a kind of nibbling."  –Jane Jacobs The New York City Department of Transportation and MTA recently announced plans for a big, new subway station with elevators in […]