. Development and present status of city planning in New York City . lt prior to consolidation, and therefore wasnot intciiiled as a system for the Greater City. Similarly, tlie Brooklyn elevated lines, which were l)iiilt between 1885and 1894, were only intended to serve Brooklyn. The Manhattan and Bronx subway and elevated lines traverse theresidential portions of the boroughs and then pass through the communitycenter in lower iNIanhattan. They fuinish the people of these two bor-oughs with a through ride for one fai-e from their homes to , every outlying track can be util
. Development and present status of city planning in New York City . lt prior to consolidation, and therefore wasnot intciiiled as a system for the Greater City. Similarly, tlie Brooklyn elevated lines, which were l)iiilt between 1885and 1894, were only intended to serve Brooklyn. The Manhattan and Bronx subway and elevated lines traverse theresidential portions of the boroughs and then pass through the communitycenter in lower iNIanhattan. They fuinish the people of these two bor-oughs with a through ride for one fai-e from their homes to , every outlying track can be utilized to its full capacityinto the community center for the benefit ofthe section^ traversed by , to the extent which their capacities permit, the services ofthese lines are ideal. This is why they have been such an important factor ! X ^\^ %,^ / ,-. ^^ivA^: v^^^ \. / A^^ ^^^. \, ^ >-^ ^.r-sf^ ^\ \ \ f^/lN VxC _\ \ ^fi jvy \ yAS—V l^^^l^ y^( ^>rc? J4 ^1-^0^ t\ \ y^ JjkS^^ ^^.jv^ kV^ 1—z~^ ^^^^^-^ z^ -f 1. 44 TUKNEE in the development of Manhattan and The Bronx. In Brooklyn, on theother hand, there are ten Hnes converging into and throttled throughtwo lines across the East River to Manhattan, but even these latter twolines do not traverse any portion of the community center in lower Man-hattan. Therefore, practically none of the New York-bound Brooklynelevated passengers ai-e carried to their destination. As long as Brooklynwas a separate city these hnes performed their proper function, but assoon as it became a part of the Greater City, with lower Manhattan theobjective point for the majority of tlie passengers, then Brooklyn sufferedin consequence. New York and Brooklyn as entirely independent cities, like all othersister cities, were intensely antagonistic to each other and jealous of eachothers advancement. In spite of the fact that as early as 1883—fifteenyears before consolidation—the Brooklyn Bridge united them for thepurpose of promoting their co
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