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 ...

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 ...

At a recent meeting in the Lower East Side about how to spend remaining federal funds to rebuild lower Manhattan, a group of protesters gathered outside, angry about how the money has been allocated ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Robert Moses had built billions of dollars worth of bridges, parks, expressways and public housing highrises in and around New York City, and 50 years ago he wanted to construct what would be North ...

The city’s millions of residents are crammed together, competing for space to live, play, work and rest. By Mihir Zaveri Tearing down a garage wall to renovate a park at the performing arts complex ...

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.