Urban Planning with Principles

New York’s new mayor, Mr. John Lindsay, declares that he has a “national role”: to fight for the restoration of America’s cities. Well and good; but Mayor Lindsay’s notion of urban salvation is to bully Washington into grandiose subsidies for megalopolis. He fears that the Federal Government will spend money on the war in Vietnam, instead of giving the cash to him.

Now military defense happens to be a primary responsibility of the Federal Government; while the maintenance and improvement of our cities is supposed to be the responsibility of people like Mayor Lindsay.

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New York’s new mayor, Mr. John Lindsay, declares that he has a “national role”: to fight for the restoration of America’s cities. Well and good; but Mayor Lindsay’s notion of urban salvation is to bully Washington into grandiose subsidies for megalopolis. He fears that the Federal Government will spend money on the war in Vietnam, instead of giving the cash to him.

Now military defense happens to be a primary responsibility of the Federal Government; while the maintenance and improvement of our cities is supposed to be the responsibility of people like Mayor Lindsay.