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Seneca Village (thelemmy.club)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Village

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[–] 44 points 7 months ago (1 child)

The reason traffic is so bad out to Jones Beach on Long Island is because they built the roads so buses couldn't go. Black people rarely had cars at the time.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    There’s a really good Behind the Bastards about the guy who made those decisions. Can’t remember his name.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted

    This dude?

    Btw just discovered behind the bastards by delving into L Rom Hubbard. Hilarious.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    No, Olmsted was a landscape architect (also did Biltmore in NC). The state or city parks commissioner who did it. Can’t remember his name. He also explicitly didn’t leave room for future light rail expansion when they build the LIE, or some other expressway. Been awhile since I lostened to that one.

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