Join author Anthony Flint for a lively lecture about a local battle with national significance, the 1968 clash between activist writer Jane Jacobs and urban-planning giant Robert Moses over a planned expressway in New York City. The Lower Manhattan Expressway (LOMEX) was to be a 350-foot-high viaduct linking the east and west sides of Manhattan. Jane Jacobs' successful opposition to LOMEX is a reminder of the power of the individual especially when that individual is a persuasive writer and effective organizer who could not be stopped (even when charged with inciting a riot).