Robert Moses vs. Janes Jacobs Video

Robert Moses, some may consider him as the legendary city planner while others such as Janes Jacobs the activist saw him differently. Robert Moses had many plans to make the city “better” by accommodating cars with more highways to alleviate highway congestion and to promote businesses for faster travels. Moses was known for holding great bureaucratic power which gave him the competence to make changes to the city’s geographical appearance. When building his ideas, Robert Moses took action without acknowledging the fact that masses of people will be needed to relocate which will devastate families that were originally living in the path of his construction. To prevent further changes from Robert Moses, activist and housewife Jane Jacobs stood up to take actions. By revolting against Robert Moses, Lower Manhattan was saved from destruction and shes probably the reason why we still have soho and other great places which people crowd to shop and commute.

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