Hamilton Ave in Red Hook, before and after the construction of the Gowanus Expressway and BQE in the 1940s-50scdavidg4 t1_j65p6l4 wrote
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I put the slum part in quotes for a reason since it was his term, not mine.
I'm not judging, simply pointing out that he built homes while also tearing them down, so in my opinion it doesn't make him one of the biggest buildings of housing.
And I also want to note that the "towers in the park" model of low income housing has also been found to not be very successful.
ChrisFromLongIsland t1_j68oek2 wrote
I agree the housing in a park did not necessarily work. I would agree it was probably a net even. Though I do think Moses was trying to make life better for people overall. Many if the things he did have had great benefits to society even today. There are good things he did and bad.
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