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A Round and a Roundy: Think Different on the BQE

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Editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy
Editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy
Editorial cartoon of Bill Roundy by editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy.

Our editorial cartoonist was obviously inspired this week by Apple's old slogan, "Think Different."

As a longtime Brooklyn resident, Bill Roundy has been living with the discussion of what to "do" with a portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that is falling apart from age, poor maintenance and overuse — and thinks the time has come to imagine a different way of life along the so-called Triple Cantilever.

It's time for the BQE to be given back to the people of this city, rather than the people rushing through it in toxin-belching machines.

Bill Roundy is our editorial cartoonist. His prior toons are archived here

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