In the Wake of the Half Moon: The City Today Robert Pirani Regional Plan Association November 16, 2009
In the Wake of the
Half Moon:
The City
Today
Robert Pirani
Regional Plan Association
November 16, 2009
New York is the perfect model of a
city, not the model of a perfect city.
Lewis Mumford
The Plan laid out
the modern 20th
century
infrastructure
systems, including
highways and
parkways, bridges
and
tunnels, railroads
and subways and
parks
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
Fecal Coliform Cells/100ml
Source: Hudson River Foundation
Wet
More frequent
and intense
droughts
More frequent
and intense
storms
Source: American Rivers
Dry
Normal Range
In the Wake of the
Half Moon:
The City
Today
Robert Pirani
Regional Plan Association
November 16, 2009