A quick – okay, a long – read through The Power Broker might give him second thoughts. Like Mr. Ford, Robert Moses was hell-bent on building more, better, wider roads. In the four decades he ...

could well be the subtitle of Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker,” his monumental biography of Robert Moses, the man whose vision and ruthless drive transformed the environment in which ...

Robert Moses in his office in 1978. The lesson of Moses’ career has been the unchecked power accumulated without ever serving in elective office. (Woodfin Camp & Associates/Library of Congress ...

NOT long ago the automobile in which Robert Moses was riding was stopped by traffic lights at a busy street crossing in Manhattan. Suddenly the driver of a large truck leaned from his cab and ...

I hope Robert Moses is rotting in hell.” If you think that that last sentence is a bit harsh, simply remember how many lives and neighborhoods were destroyed in the process. Now think about what ...

Finally, for no apparent reason, this reference to me was dragged in by the hair: "Short-term realist Robert Moses, the Park Commissioner ... the exercise of the power of condemnation, and ...

Frost Fest at Luna Park will return for its second year, bringing winter-themed activities to Brooklyn. The festival will open on select dates from Nov. 23 to Jan. 1.

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Here’s why: The person to blame for the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn in 1957 for Los Angeles is Robert Moses — not the players, not the manager, and not even owner Walter O’Malley. O’Malley ...

“A Man in Full,” the title of one of Tom Wolfe’s classic novels, could well be the subtitle of Robert Caro’s “The Power ...