Essay on the Failure of "Social Justice" and the Impending Civil War

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway traverse the bridge on their way from Long Island to Manhattan. "The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge," Nick says, "is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world"

Well, Meyer Lansky’s real name was Meier Suchowlanski. If you want to say that Meyer was an Americanized version of his first name I suppose that could be true, but it was the version he picked. Myer shows up nowhere.

As far as the boro versus bourough thing, I suggest we go to the Official Website of the City of New York. Let’s see what they call it, here

Oh, and by the way, thank you for calling me shortcake. I like shortcake. But when it comes to brains, I think you were shortchanged.

If I had called him Meier, no one would have known who I was talking about.
Once again, the boro vs borough thing is a NY thing. I don't expect you to understand it. We had the InterBoro Parkway, but also had the Tri-Borough Bridge, although that is generally shortened as well.

Triboro Plaza
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When Robert Moses (1888-1981) took control of the Triborough Bridge Authority in 1934, he envisioned a series of parks with play facilities and landscaping surrounding the bridge approaches. Triboro Plaza was developed beside the Manhattan approach ramps to the Triborough Bridge on land originally under the control of the Department of Docks. The city transferred control of this plot of land after it had been surrendered by the Department of Docks in May 1935 to the Triborough Bridge Authority for the purpose of building a bridge approach upon it.

The Triborough Bridge’s 13,829 feet of roadway viaduct, which run over three steel bridges, spans the waters between Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens. Plans for connecting the three boroughs were first announced in 1916 by Edward A. Byrne, the chief engineer of the City Department of Plant and Structures, but the project did not receive funding until 1925. Construction of the bridge, designed by Othmar H. Ammann and architect Aymar Embury II, commenced on October 25, 1929 - “Black Monday,” the day of the great stock market crash. During the ensuing economic crisis, investors refused to purchase unstable municipal bonds and all construction halted, as the city found itself without adequate funds. Work on the bridge was at a standstill until 1932, when Robert Moses (1888-1981), serving as chairman of the State Emergency Public Works Commission, made it a top priority.

In early 1933, Moses drafted legislation that formed the Triborough Bridge Authority (TBA). The TBA seemed to be a temporary public-benefit corporation that would dismantle after paying for the bridge by selling its bonds exclusively to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and later the Public Works Administration, both New Deal organizations set up by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help rebuild the economy during the Great Depression. In reality, however, Moses never had to stop selling bonds, due to a clever loophole he wrote into the TBA charter, and thus did not have to close down the Authority.

On July 11, 1936, after seven years of stilted construction and $60 million worth of expenses, the Triborough Bridge opened to traffic. The main span carries cars 2,780 feet from Queens to Ward’s Island, 143 feet above the river. A 700-foot lift bridge connects Randalls Island and 125th Street in Manhattan, and a 1,217 foot-long truss bridge links Randalls Island to the Bronx. In addition to its three main elements, the complex structure comprises a number of smaller bridges and viaducts, and 14 miles of approach highways and parkways, as well as parks and recreational facilities inserted wherever possible.

During its first year, the bridge carried 9,650,000 vehicles, and generated $2,720,000 in tolls. Under the direction of Robert Moses, the well-funded Authority grew steadily and eventually became the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, which was merged with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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NYC is full of things that mystify outsiders. Why is it Staten Island, but not Manhattan Island. Whats the difference between the Boro of Queens and Queens County. How long is a New York minute?
Where is Kings County? Why was the Revolutionary War Battle of Long Island fought in Brooklyn. Why is there no Fourth Avenue? Why do people in Brooklyn and Queens say they are going to the city, when they live in the city, and say they are going to Long Island when they live on Long Island. Why is the Bronx called The Bronx, yet Brooklyn isn't called The Brooklyn. Why is Sixth Ave officially named Avenue of The Americas but everyone but tourists call it 6th Avenue.
I could go on and on, but why bother. Either you know NY or you don't.

There are pluses of growing up poor. I can shoot, catch, skin, and butcher my own food.

There are advantages to not being poor. They can hire someone to shoot, catch, skin and butcher their food for them.

Billy "doesn't get it".

Nowhere did I say all of 'em Billy. I'm certain there's a few handfuls overall, especially those with ,military training. I'm talking about the bulk of suburbanites and city dwellers, the country is foreign to most them. They'll be desperate and starving within a month when local food suppys are gobbled up, probably by those with firearms.

Who cares? I certainly don't and no desire to. I love how New Yawkers think their the poop over all others. I'd rather go see the Ozarks over NYC in a New York minute. No offense.