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Google Maps, The Way Robert Moses Intended

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Here we have a Google Map of Soho and the lovely Lower Manhattan Expressway (LoMEx) slicing through it, just as Robert Moses always dreamed. Wait, whaaaaaa? Yep, the retro mashup is the genius work of blogger Vanshnookenraggen, who created not only this Soho vision (check the larger version here) but a Google Map of Midtown incorporating the unbuilt Mid-Manhattan Expressway.

And here's the above, in bigger-than-life glory.
· Unbuilt Robert Moses Highway Maps [vanshnookenraggen via Second Avenue Sagas]