"Ditching" the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway

So Gothamist and The Brooklyn Paper posted plans of covering the open cuts of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway with parks, gardens, or high-tech trellises.

Image courtesy of The Brooklyn Paper

Image courtesy of The Brooklyn Paper

Image courtesy of The Brooklyn Paper

A thorough history of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway can be found at NYCRoads.com.

But to illustrate the devastation wrought by the construction of this road, I've posted the images below showing this particular stretch of Brooklyn in 1924, 1951, and 2008.

1924:


1951:


2008: