The opposing visions of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses towards city building resonate with many New Yorkers today. It is certainly clear to me that Jane Jacobs is now the prevailing force. While no one ...

It took glaciers thousands of years to shape Long Island. In just a few decades, Robert Moses entirely altered its landscape with a vast network of roadways and state parks. In the early 1960s, a ...

Concrete Kingpin: Urban planner Robert Moses, pictured here, was immortalized in Robert Caro's The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (1974). Credit: AP Photo/Hans Von Nolde It’s ...

Fifty years after Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker” hit the shelves, Robert Moses’ vision for our city continues to profoundly influence our lives. He doubled our park space, added hundreds of ...

NEW YORK — Several weeks ago, I received an email asking me to participate in a survey that sought to gauge community interest in a swimming pool, to be built not far from my home in Brooklyn Heights.

Robert Caro’s spellbinding study of Robert Moses, “The Power Broker,” appeared 33 years ago. Mr. Caro’s subtitle tilts his hand: “Robert Moses and the Fall of New York.” In the 1970s, New York seemed ...

“Everybody, it would seem, is for the rebuilding of our cities…But this is not the same as liking cities…most of the rebuilding under way and in prospect is being designed by people who don’t like ...

Civil rights activist Robert Moses has died at the age of 86. Moses endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped ...

Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority ...

Although there are thousands of books set in New York City, just one definitively lays out how the modern city was shaped: “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” by Robert Caro.