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This is even slowly happening in Pittsburgh, whereas until very recently absolutely no one has lived downtown and the area adjacent to downtown, uptown/"The Blu
by rms 18y ago
This is even slowly happening in Pittsburgh, whereas until very recently absolutely no one has lived downtown and the area adjacent to downtown, uptown/"The Bluff" is the most blighted area in the entire city. I'm optimistic that the area will eventually revitalize; it's just that they just built a damn highway along the best riverfront land.
- time_management 18y agoYou can thank Robert Moses, at least indirectly, for this. He was the one with the brilliant idea of placing highways along rivers, in order to provide the best views for the wealthy people who, in his mind, would be the primary users of the highway system.
- jimbokun 18y ago'the area adjacent to downtown, uptown/"The Bluff"' Isn't that The Hill (or am I not following your geography)?
- rms 18y agoThis map has a few too many subdivisions for my liking (no North Side?) but it's all here. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Pittsburgh_Pennsylvania_neighborhoods.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Pittsburgh_Pennsylva... The Hill District is on the hill above the Bluff -- if you drive from downtown to Oakland along Centre Ave you drive through The Hill and if you drive from Oakland to downtown along 5th then you drive through The Bluff.
- jimbokun 18y agoThat's an awesome map! Thanks for the link!
- mleonhard 18y agoSeattle also built an ugly elevated highway all along the riverfront. Since Seattle is built on a mountainside it doesn't spoil the views from/of the city, but the noise is very bad. They also built I-5 just 7 blocks away.