Robert Moses

Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was a city planner who worked mainly in the New York metropolitan area. Known as the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, Rockland County, and Westchester County, he is sometimes compared to Baron Haussmann of Second Empire Paris, and was one of the most polarizing figures in the history of urban planning in the United States. His decisions favoring highways over public transit helped create the modern suburbs of Long Island and influenced a generation of engineers, architects, and urban planners who spread his philosophies across the nation.…more

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	The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro 4.53 avg rating — 28,800 ratings — published 1974 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alors, tout tombe - Première partie (Blacksad, #6) by Juan Díaz Canales 4.31 avg rating — 2,810 ratings — published 2021 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betonoza. Jak się niszczy polskie miasta by Jan Mencwel 4.10 avg rating — 1,366 ratings — published 2020 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City by Pierre Christin 3.33 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 2014 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O'Malley, Baseball's Most Controversial Owner, and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles by Michael D'Antonio 4.10 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2009 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith by Robert A. Slayton 3.94 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2001 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York by Hilary Ballon (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2007 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fiorello H. La Guardia and the Making of Modern New York by Thomas Kessner 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1989 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City That Never Was: Two Hundred Years of Fantastic and Fascinating Plans That Might Have Changed the Face of New York City by Rebecca Read Shanor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1988 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Public Entrepreneurship: Toward a Theory of Bureaucratic Political Power—the organizational lives of Hyman Rickover, J. Edgar Hoover, and Robert Moses by Eugene Lewis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1980 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars