Chapters:
00:00 - The West Side Elevated Highway
00:48 - How Street Level Railways menaced NYC
01:48 - Proposals to alleviate NYC of it’s street-level railways
02:44 - Julius Miller’s controversial plan for the West Side Elevated Highway
05:53 - When NYC approved the West Side Elevated Highway
10:09 - How the West Side Elevated Highway devastated NY’s city markets
11:21 - Why New Yorkers opposed the West Side Elevated Highway
11:39 - How poor maintenance led to the collapse of New York’s West Side elevated highway
15:38 - Demolition of New York’s West Side Elevated Highway
18:04 - New York’s West Side Highway in Modern History
19:25 - What’s Left of New York’s West Side Elevated Highway?
via It's History
Matt Coneybeare
Editor in Chief
Matt enjoys exploring the City's with his partner and son. He is an avid marathon runner, and spends most of his time eating, running, and working on cool stuff.
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