In the Shadow of the Highway

"In the Shadow of the Highway:
Robert Moses' Expressway & the Battle for Downtown"
October 27 - March 15 2016

NYC Records Visitor Center
Surrogate Courts Building

31 Chambers St.  (entrance just west of Centre St.)

What would have happened if protesters had not been successful and Robert Moses was able to build the Lower Manhattan Expressway (LOMEX) through downtown Manhattan?

We revisit that fate-filled moment of New York City's past to glean the issues that are still with us in today's battles over displacement, loss, and change.