Word: triborough
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...declared the whole New Deal fundamentally unworkable. After losing the election to Governor Lehman, Mr. Moses picked up where he had left off in his $10,000-a-year job as New York City Park Commissioner, his nothing-a-year job as a member of the city's Triborough Bridge Authority. The bridge, which will connect Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx in the vicinity of Hell Gate, is being built with $42,000,000 of PWA funds...
...Port Authority loan followed closely on the heels of another grant to New York City for the construction of a three-pronged bridge connecting Manhattan, The Bronx and Queens over Hell Gate. The Public Works Administration was ready to give the city $7,200,000 outright for this triborough span, lend it $37,000,000 more. The Triborough Bridge Authority had yet to sign its Federal loan agreement, arrange for bids on the contract. Estimated employment...