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The Power Broker : Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Author: Robert A. Caro
For the sheer magnitude, depth and authority of its revelations, The Power Broker stands alone---a huge and galvanizing biography revealing not only the virtually unknown saga of one man's incredible accumulation of power, but the hidden story of the shaping (and mis-shaping) of New York through the past half-century. — Robert Caro's monum...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394480763
ISBN-10: 0394480767
Publication Date: 7/12/1974
Pages: 1,336
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Amazing amount of detail (okay, I skipped a few pages) and had really hoped to learn more about the 1964 NYWF, which unfortunately was somewhat glossed over, but learned an incredible amount about Robert Moses that I did not know. Now want to go back and read some personal writings and interviews with him. Also surprised that Jane Jacobs was never mentioned, but don't know that much about her yet other than she objected to his method of city building. Having driving through that area several times, it was really fascinating to learn about how they were developed and his plan came together.


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