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The Power Broker by Robert A Caro is simply one of the best nonfiction books in English of the last forty years Dominic Sandbrook Sunday Times a riveting and timeless account of power politics and the city of New York by the greatest political biographer of our times Sunday Times chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best NonFiction Books of All Time and by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century Winner of the Pulitzer Prize a Sunday Times Bestseller An outright masterpiece Evening Standard The Power Broker tells the story of Robert Moses the single most powerful man in New York for almost half a century and the greatest builder America and probably the world has ever known Without ever once being elected to office he created for himself a position of supreme and untouchable authority allowing him to utterly reshape the city of New York turning it into the city we know today while at the same time blighting the lives of millions and remaining accountable to no one First published in 1974 this monumental classic is now widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest books of its kind The book has been read but is in excellent condition Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting The spine remains undamaged
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The Power Broker by Robert A Caro is a riveting and timeless account of power politics and the city of New York by the greatest political biographer of our times Sunday Times chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best NonFiction Books of All Time and by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century Now also a Sunday Times Bestseller The Power Broker tells the story of Robert Moses the single most powerful man in New York for almost half a century and the greatest builder America and probably the world has ever known Without ever once being elected to office he created for himself a position of supreme and untouchable authority allowing him to utterly reshape the city of New York turning it into the city we know today while at the same time blighting the lives of millions and remaining accountable to no one First published in 1974 this monumental classic is now widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest books of its kind
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The achievements of one man changed the face of an entire city Robert Moses the mastermind of New York From the subway to the skyscraper from Manhattans Financial District to the Long Island suburbs every inch of New York tells the story of this controversial urban planners mind In paperback for the first time Pierre Christin and Olivier Balezs comic book takes on the infamous Power Broker and unlocks the historical battles that created the modern metropolis
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A fresh look at the greatest builder in the history of New York City and one of its most controversial figures We are rebuilding New York not dispersing and abandoning it Robert Moses saw himself on a rescue mission to save the city from obsolescence decentralization and decline His vast building program aimed to modernize urban infrastructure expand the public realm with extensive recreational facilities remove blight and make the city more livable for the middle class This book offers a fresh look at the physical transformation of New York during Mosess nearly fortyyear reign over city building from 1934 to 1968It is hard to imagine that anyone will ever have the same impact on New York as did Robert Moses In his various roles in city and state government he reshaped the fabric of the city and his legacy continues to touch the lives of all New Yorkers Revered for most of his life he is now one of the most controversial figures in the citys history Robert Moses and the Modern City is the first major publication devoted to him since Robert Caros damning 1974 biography The Power Broker Robert Moses and the Fall of New YorkIn these pages eight short essays by leading scholars of urban history provide a revised perspective stunning new photographs offer the first visual record of Mosess farreaching building program as it stands today and a comprehensive catalog of his works is illustrated with a wealth of archival records photographs of buildings neighborhoods and landscapes of parks pools and playgrounds of demolished neighborhoods and replacement housing and urban renewal projects of bridges and highways renderings of rejected designs and controversial projects that were defeated and views of spectacular models that have not been seen since Moses made them for promotional purposesRobert Moses and the Modern City captures research undertaken in the last three decades and will stimulate a new round of debate
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Before the Civil War Coney Island boasted a beach a dozen small hotels with ramshackle bathhouses some chowder stands and a few saloons After the war it was taken over by powerful individuals who made its 07 square miles a domain of the wealthy By 1905 with the population of New York City at four million the citys amusement park builders designed an entertainment wonderland on the island that even the poor could enjoy creating a nickel empire where visitors paid five cents for the subway five cents for a Nathans hot dog and five cents for a ride In 1910 Coney Island saw 20 million visitorsmore than Disneyland and Disney World combined could claim 70 years later adjusted for population growth Through the decades the island has seen changes of fortune floods and fires cycles of decay and rehabilitation Yet the ultimate power on the island was and is the government of the city of New York whichfor good or illhas made Coney Island what it is today
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One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights As a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC Moses presented himself as a mere facilitator of grassroots activism rather than a charismatic figure like Martin Luther King Jr His selfeffacing demeanor and his success especially in steering the events that led to the volatile 1964 Freedom Summer and the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party paradoxically gave him a reputation of nearly heroic proportions Examining the dilemmas of a leader who worked to cultivate local leadership historian Laura VisserMaessen explores the intellectual underpinnings of Mosess strategy its achievements and its strugglesThis new biography recasts Moses as an effective handson organizer safeguarding his ideals while leading from behind the scenes By returning Moses to his rightful place among the foremost leaders of the movement VisserMaessen testifies to Mosess revolutionary approach to grassroots leadership and the power of the individual in generating social change
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In the 1970s New York City hit rock bottom Crime was at its highest middleclass exodus was in high gear and bankruptcy loomed Many people credit New Yorks master builder Robert Moses with turning Gotham around despite his heavyhanded ways Roberta Brandes Gratz contradicts this conventional view She argues that New York City recovered precisely because of the waning power of Moses and the growing influence of Jane Jacobs the pioneer of organic renewal projectsAs American cities face a new economic crisis Jacobss philosophy is again vital for metropolitan life Gratz gives an ontheground account of urban renewal and community success Her writing at once personal political and instructive breaks down how the impossible was achieved
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In the 1970s New York City hit rock bottom Crime was at its highest the middle class exodus was in high gear and bankruptcy loomed Many people credit New Yorks master builder Robert Moses with turning Gotham around despite his brutal undemocratic and demolitionheavy waysUrban critic and journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz contradicts this conventional view New York City Gratz argues recovered precisely because of the waning power of Moses His decline in the late 1960s and the drying up of big government funding for urban renewal projects allowed New York to organically regenerate according to the precepts defined by Jane Jacobs in her classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities and in contradiction to Mosess urban philosophyAs American cities face a devastating economic crisis Jacobss philosophy is again vital for the redevelopment of metropolitan life Gratz who was named as one of Planetizens Top 100 Urban Thinkers gives an ontheground account of urban renewal and community success
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A fresh look at the greatest builder in the history of New York City and one of its most controversial figures We are rebuilding New York not dispersing and abandoning it Robert Moses saw himself on a rescue mission to save the city from obsolescence decentralization and decline His vast building program aimed to modernize urban infrastructure expand the public realm with extensive recreational facilities remove blight and make the city more livable for the middle class This book offers a fresh look at the physical transformation of New York during Mosess nearly fortyyear reign over city building from 1934 to 1968It is hard to imagine that anyone will ever have the same impact on New York as did Robert Moses In his various roles in city and state government he reshaped the fabric of the city and his legacy continues to touch the lives of all New Yorkers Revered for most of his life he is now one of the most controversial figures in the citys history Robert Moses and the Modern City is the first major publication devoted to him since Robert Caros damning 1974 biography The Power Broker Robert Moses and the Fall of New YorkIn these pages eight short essays by leading scholars of urban history provide a revised perspective stunning new photographs offer the first visual record of Mosess farreaching building program as it stands today and a comprehensive catalog of his works is illustrated with a wealth of archival records photographs of buildings neighborhoods and landscapes of parks pools and playgrounds of demolished neighborhoods and replacement housing and urban renewal projects of bridges and highways renderings of rejected designs and controversial projects that were defeated and views of spectacular models that have not been seen since Moses made them for promotional purposesRobert Moses and the Modern City captures research undertaken in the last three decades and will stimulate a new round of debate
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the subway to the skyscraper from Manhattans financial district to the Long Island suburbs every inch of New York tells the story of one mans mind Robert Moses the architect who designed it all Now in Pierre Christin and Olivier Balezs new graphic biography the rest of Roberts story will be told
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