Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York
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Editor: Hilary BallonEditor: Kenneth T. Jackson
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2007-02-26
ISBN: 0393732061
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: W. W. Norton
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Summary: 5 Stars
Unfortunately, the essays are a bit of a drudge, but the book itself is definitive, and as a life long NY City resident I must admit - abosultely dazzling. Its less about Robert Moses, more about his hand over projects that involved countless talented Americans. Learn about highways never built, public parks on the grandest of scales, and how to clear a city slum via Title 1. You thought you knew NY City, and perhaps were even sure Manhattan was all you would ever need to know. This book shows the sophisticated development of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and The Bronx, as well as their more popular and over crowded, smaller brother. Simply amazing.
Summary of Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York
A fresh look at the greatest builder in the history of New York City and one of its most controversial figures.In various roles in city and state government from 1930 to 1965, Robert Moses reshaped the fabric of the city. From Lincoln Center to the Triborough Bridge, the West Side Highway to the Cross Bronx Expressway, his public projects, reassessed in this book by notable urbanists, continue to exert a strong influence in the lives of New Yorkers. 55 color and 200 black-and-white illustrations.
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