Word: blakely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Blake singled out highway planners for special criticism. "We can no longer afford to have our cities, in effect, shaped or mis-shaped by technicians whose sole interest is getting so many thousands of cars per hour from one place to another...
From his experience, Blake observed, the construction of underpasses along Memorial Drive would probably lead to the eventual widening of the roadway into an expressway. He explained that small changes attract more cars, which create new and larger traffic problems and finally induce more extensive alterations...
Declaring that he was "delighted that it may not be too late to prevent the destruction of your Memorial Drive waterfront," Blake maintained that river banks and waterfronts are "desirable assets for a city...
Transportation problems must be solved, Blake said, through coordinated planning among different highway-building bureaus and other transit agencies. Such cooperation is not wide spread today, he noted. He emphasized, however, that all transportation solutions must be tailored to the overall priorities of urban design...
After the press conference, more than 60 people, including several state legislators from Cambridge and a number of city councillors, flocked to Bernays' home to hear Blake...