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In the Wake of the
Half Moon:
The City
Today
Robert Pirani
Regional Plan Association
November 16, 2009
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New York is the perfect model of a
city, not the model of a perfect city.
Lewis Mumford
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The Plan laid out
the modern 20th
century
infrastructure
systems, including
highways and
parkways, bridges
and
tunnels, railroads
and subways and
parks
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Source: Regional Plan Association
Quantity of Commercial Piers & Port Facilities
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
1940s 1970s 2000s
Year
Qu
an
tity Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
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Fecal Coliform Cells/100ml
Source: Hudson River Foundation
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Wet
More frequent
and intense
droughts
More frequent
and intense
storms
Source: American Rivers
Dry
Normal Range
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In the Wake of the
Half Moon:
The City
Today
Robert Pirani
Regional Plan Association
November 16, 2009
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