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December 17, 2006

The Defeat of the Mt. Hood Freeway (Portland, Ore.)

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr.

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In Oregon, a battle raged for nearly twenty years over the construction of a highway project known as the Mt. Hood Freeway. If approved, the Freeway would have removed more than 1% of all housing stock in Portland. In the mid 1970s, after the proposal's defeat, the city opted to build a mass transit infrastructure. The result is a more pedestrian-friendly and livable city.

TOPP videographer, Clarence Eckerson Jr., takes us to Portland to see the results and posits that his own neighborhood in Brooklyn might have benefited from similar forethought during the planning phase of the Robert Moses-designed Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

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    pb

    Excellent video!

    February 27, 2007 at 5:42 pm Link # 1
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    Dave

    What a scam, it's full of as many lies as the other side. I was hoping to see something honest, not one that misconstrues nearly every point it tries to make.

    Harbor Drive Freeway was removed because of I-405's completion, nothing more, nothing less.

    October 23, 2007 at 11:04 pm Link # 2