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