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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.
May 25, 2024 · Robert Moses (born Dec. 18, 1888, New Haven, Conn., U.S.—died July 29, 1981, West Islip, N.Y.) was a U.S. state and municipal official whose career in public works planning resulted in a virtual transformation of the New York landscape.
Oct 23, 2022 · Robert Moses ran the 1964 New York World's Fair, but it was a financial failure. By 1968, he had been maneuvered out of power. He died in 1981, at 92, embittered.
Apr 22, 2020 · 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.
Jul 25, 2021 · Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority...
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.
Mar 25, 2022 · F OR ALMOST half a century, from the 1920s to the 1960s, Robert Moses shaped the infrastructure of New York. Brilliant and devious, a charmer but also a bully, he pretended to be a modest public...