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Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century. Moses is regarded as one of the most powerful and influential people in the history of New York City and New York State.
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro. The book focuses on the creation and use of power in New York local and state politics, as witnessed through Moses's use of unelected positions to design and implement dozens of highways and bridges, sometimes at great cost to the ...
Mar 25, 2022 · How Robert Moses, a master urban planner, reshaped New York. A new play starring Ralph Fiennes captures its subject’s own transformation from idealist to destroyer. Mar 25th 2022. F OR ALMOST...
Apr 21, 2020 · Rip it up and start again! A hit for 80s new-wave band Orange Juice, and the mantra for imperious master-builder Robert Moses, who molded modern New York to fit with his heroic vision for the city. Culture Trip investigates Moses’ indelible and controversial legacy.
One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most...
Jul 12, 1975 · One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the State of New York.
Oct 10, 2024 · In moments, Robert Moses parallels his eventual biographer Robert Caro in his diligence. Caro, in his memoir Working, describes how he learned as a journalist to turn over every page to find the story hidden in plain sight. Moses, too, relied on knowing the legal code better than any state assemblyman who helped write it or studying the history ...
