In re-reading this thread let me add a few more thoughts.   

I made sure it was Wednesday so that there was no alternate side of the street parking enforcement and parked uptown (Washington Heights) took the subway---quite different than it was in the way it was presented (truthfully) on TV in the 70s. I went to the Museum mentioned above to see the exhibit on Robert Moses. I had read the Caro on Moses book many years ago and was curious how they have managed to polish Moses image after all these years.

Robert Moses was a great builder and conceiver of projects---yet, he may be the one person who sent the city into its downward spiral while building wonderful spaces and transportation facilities (not pubic ones) he also destroyed vibrant neighborhoods. Thankfully, at some point, people like Jane Jacobs organized efforts to stop him.

I could write an essay here but won't.

I do want to relate a typical NYC occurence. After viewing the exhibit I stopped in the lobby (where light food is served) and sat at a table next to a wonderful tourist from Australia. She and I had a wonderful chat about her travels, her impression of the exhibit, what brought her to it, and then about our mutual interest in music and Eric Bogle in particular. As they say---Only In NY.   She travels by subway, bus, and other public transport and is seeing the world. Good for her.

Just a New York Minute as the TV program (or do you like programme) says.

Bill Hahn