> If we didn't do this, the city where I live, New York, would have a freeway running down the middle of it. And it wouldn't take six days to get from one end

> If we didn't do this, the city where I live, New York, would have a freeway running down the middle of it. And it wouldn't take six days to get from one end of Manhattan to the other. (Edit: That was a joke, if the downvotes are originating from this sentence.) If we're talking about LOMEX here, I don't think historical markings had anything to do with it being shot down. Residents of a couple neighborhoods in Manhattan were annoyed that half their neighborhood would be demolished to build it, as I understand.