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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s been 50 years since the publication of The Power Broker, Robert Caro’s magisterial biography of New York City master ...

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 ...

Nobody comes to Niagara Falls to see a highway. But from the mid-1960s until less than five years ago, the former Robert Moses Parkway – now Niagara Scenic Parkway – separated city of Niagara Falls ...

“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 ...

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.

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 ...