On Tuesday we watched the movie Citizen Jane – Battle For The City, which was a documentary about developer Robert Moses vision for New York and how Jane Jacobs fought to stop these changes. One thing that really stood out to me was Robert Moses obsession with highways. He was willing and ready to literally destroy anything to build a highway thinking that was the future of New York City. An example of this was how Moses plowed through the Bronx to build the Cross Bronx expressway, leaving hundreds of people with nothing but an eviction notice. During the movie as we watch him in an an interview regarding this development he showed no remorse or compassion for these people. While when he tried to make a highway going through the Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village Jane Jacobs and a assemble of other mothers rallied together to stop these plans. These two circumstance are perfect example of race and class differences. While Jane Jacobs wasn’t an activist from the start but her journalism background, environment, and resources helped her be successful. The community in the Bronx were in the same predicament as the community in the “My Brooklyn” movie, where they weren’t aware of the situation or taken into consideration. At the end of the day, we have Jane Jacobs to thank for the the city we have today, because her role in Greenwich Village lead to her getting involved with other areas in the city that know and explore today. We also have Robert Moses to blame for the decay of South Bronx. Something Jane Jacobs said was “ the city is a problem of organized complexities…..it looks like chaos but when looking in closer there’s a balance”, Robert Moses never tried to look closer