dagblog - Comments for "Misthrow on the Hudson: Urban Blight as Public Planning?" http://dagblog.com/link/misthrow-hudson-urban-blight-public-planning-27874 Comments for "Misthrow on the Hudson: Urban Blight as Public Planning?" en Perhaps answers your headline http://dagblog.com/comment/266876#comment-266876 <a id="comment-266876"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/misthrow-hudson-urban-blight-public-planning-27874">Misthrow on the Hudson: Urban Blight as Public Planning?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Turns out<a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/why-we-cant-have-nice-things-nyc-part-iii-26997#comment-266879"> it was complex crooked "urban planning" as is typical</a>, in order to get $1.6 billion funds targeted for "low income housing" financing. FOIA request was necessary to get that. These are the kind of games the NYC machine plays with taxpayer funds.And then wonder why people are cynical about paying taxes.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:41:11 +0000 artappraiser comment 266876 at http://dagblog.com Perhaps answers your headline http://dagblog.com/comment/266877#comment-266877 <a id="comment-266877"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/misthrow-hudson-urban-blight-public-planning-27874">Misthrow on the Hudson: Urban Blight as Public Planning?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Perhaps answers your headline question more succinctly than my comment. The answer is yes:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Yeah Singapore Airport's new indoor waterfall is fancy and all, but JFK airport did it first! NYC innovating as always <a href="https://t.co/g2FdSlSe39">pic.twitter.com/g2FdSlSe39</a></p> — Andrew (@CopticChad) <a href="https://twitter.com/CopticChad/status/1117452467468423173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Sun, 14 Apr 2019 21:41:29 +0000 artappraiser comment 266877 at http://dagblog.com But it will be "jobs jobs http://dagblog.com/comment/266711#comment-266711 <a id="comment-266711"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/misthrow-hudson-urban-blight-public-planning-27874">Misthrow on the Hudson: Urban Blight as Public Planning?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>But it will be "jobs jobs jobs" when they tear most of it down in a couple decades if not sooner. Traditionally this <em>is </em>what<em> </em>NYC "urban planning" is.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:31:07 +0000 artappraiser comment 266711 at http://dagblog.com