Author: Edward Marriott

This is Part III of a Three Part article. Part I began by noting disturbing similarities between the mantras being used to promote the current bloated tunnel scheme and those used in the 1960’s to sell the original Kensington Expressway to the public. The regrettable role of the Restore Our Community Coalition (ROCC) in promoting this project was also considered. Part I concluded with a look at the unforgivable destruction of the most important link in Olmsted’s landmark design for Buffalo, Humboldt Parkway.) Part II surveyed some of the controversial methods that have been adopted to foist this costly scheme upon a largely…

 (This is Part II of a Three Part article.  Part I began by noting disturbing similarities between the mantras being used to promote the current bloated tunnel scheme and those used in the 1960’s to sell the original Kensington Expressway to the public..  The regrettable role of the Restore Our Community Coalition (ROCC) in promoting this project was also considered.   Part I concluded with a look at the unforgivable destruction of the most important link in Olmsted’s landmark design for Buffalo, Humboldt Parkway.) Control leaves no room for trust.Glennon Doyle The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), along…

“Fool Us Once, Shame On You; Fool Us Twice, Shame On Us.” (This is Part I of a Three Part Article) Since the very first shovel hit the ground, the Kensington Expressway has been the center of controversy – controversy for its destruction of the city’s urban fabric – controversy for its disruption of neighborhood life – controversy for its concentration of noise and toxic pollutants into a narrow channel – controversy for draining the lifeblood from some of the city’s most important business arterials – and finally, controversy for its savage obliteration of Olmsted’s grandest parkway. Nevertheless, in spite…