New york in the shadow of robert moses and jane jacobs. Robert caros papers headed to newyork historical society. Robert moses 18881981, new york citys controversial impressario of public works, did more to reshape his city and, by example, to influence the course of american urban development than did any other figure of the mid20th century. Through a large part of his career, the governor leaned on two people robert moses was one of them. The name robert moses inspires rage among rightthinking new yorkers and bikelane enthusiasts everywhere, who claim the master builder of new. Robert moses is a reporter with fox 5 news in new york city. New york news, weather, traffic and sports from fox 5 ny serving new york city, long island, new york, new jersey and westchester county. Lewis and robert caro participated in the making of the series as consultants, and. After decades of dogged and still unfinished efforts to chronicle every detail about lyndon b. In my opinion a top notch beach compared to jones beach. Robert moses was the creator of new york city, long island, and westchester county, ny throughout the 1 1930s and 1950s. He grew up in new haven, connecticut, and then on east 46 th street in manhattan.
He died on july 29, 1981 in west islip, long island, new york, usa. New york in the shadow of robert moses and jane jacobs, responded to readers questions. This view was shaped by robert caros epic biography the power. But governor al smith was still the king of new york state politics. July 30, 1981 obituary robert moses, master builder, is dead at 92 by paul goldberger. The beach was clean but beware of the broken shells. Robert moses state park fire island 2020 all you need. To most, robert moses, who died 38 years ago today in west islip, l. Still, as the documentary notes, such impressive projects as jones beach on long island.
People either support its view that moses did more harm than good to new york city, or they rebel against it. Caro, in a 2007 interview with the new york times, stands by his portrayal of the late moses, we dont need a new robert moses because he ignored the values of new york, mr. Robert moses gets remembered as the father of new yorks modern urban plan, the master builder who led the proliferation of public benefit. Quadrapheme french comics veterans pierre christin and olivier balezs new graphic novel is a cursory look at moses life and accomplishments that is less detailed than caros tome but benefits greatly from the visual nature that the medium affords. How nyc titan robert moses is the secret villain of the netflix series. Robert moses was born to emanuel moses, a department store owner, and bella silverman moses, on december 18, 1888. This book just touches on his accomplishments and faults. Robert moses 18881981 was a public official whose vision played a major role in shaping the physical development of the new york metropolitan area. From ric burns masterful pbs documentary about new york city comes this inspiring david and goliath story of the battle for human scale neighborhoods. For a generation, the standard view of robert moses has been that he transformed new york but didnt really make it better.
December 18, 1888 was robert moses birthday, an influential and controversial figure of new york citys growth and decay. I may be wrong in stating this, but i wonder if robert moses may be partly to blame for the lost sense of community in new york. Pdf despite what has been promoted in the last decade, robert mosess true. Moses was born on december 18, 1888 and raised in new haven, connecticut and on east 46th street in manhattan. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. Robert moses nypap new york preservation archive project. We are no longer accepting questions for this feature. Robert moses, master builder, is dead at 92 the new york. Robert moses and the fall of new yorkshowed little concern for the destruction of neighborhoods, or.
Robert moses, who played a larger role in shaping the physical environment of new york state than any other figure in the 20th century, died early yesterday at west islip, l. After al smith, a good friend of robert moses, was inaugurated as governor of new york in 1922, an opportunity for moses to obtain a position as. Without a doubt, no person in the history of new york had a more significant impact on the development of long island than robert moses. The long, sordid history of new yorks penn station shows how progressives. The book looks at new yorks urban recovery from its lowest point in the 1970s through the lens of the clashing visions of robert moses and jane jacobs and illustrates how. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5 video. We clad the walls, furniture, and floor of the space with homasoteboth raw and painted whiteto establish both a uniform surface and a material metaphor for robert.
Everything you need to know about robert moses, a 20th. Robert moses was born on december 18, 1888 in new haven, connecticut, usa. Robert moses december 18, 1888 july 29, 1981 was an american public official who worked mainly in the new york metropolitan area. Moses was 12 years old when theodore roosevelt became president of the united states.
Robert moses wove enduring racism into new yorks urban. Among the works completed under his supervision were a network of 35 highways, 12 bridges, numerous parks, lincoln center for the performing arts. Gunns is a man who represents the new york city robert moses built up. New york city during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner robert moses in the 1960s. Robert moses, an urban planner who was absolutely in favor of automobile culture, despite an unfavorable amount of people who did not have vehicles at the time, helped shape the city of new york with bridges, tunnels, highways, and parks. Jane jacobs and robert moses, in song the new yorker. How robert moses shaped the long island, he misunderstood.
Robert moses redefined the new york city area in the 20th century creating most of the parkways, bridges, parks, etc in the metro area. Pbs documentary that explores the lengthy career of new yorks master builder robert moses. This collection features a selection of digitized archival recordings of robert moses many speeches and ceremonies broadcast on wnyc. The master builder of new york city, from nobrow press, is an unqualified success. She is also the subject of the new documentary, citizen jane. Meet the woman who took on robert moses and saved lower manhattan by. Robert moses and the fall of new york, when pondering the conflicting issues of a complicated and changing city. Over the span of a halfcentury, moses dramatically altered the built environment of. Publication date 1974 topics moses, robe rt, 18881981. Robert moses and the fall of new york caro, robert a. Robert moses at one point held 12 titles simultaneously including new york city parks commissioner and chairman of the long island state park commission, but was never elected to any public office he ran only once, for governor of new york as a republican in 1934 and lost to herbert h. His controversial end justifies the means credo did not endear him to the residents of the bronx and. In nortons film, alec baldwin with his typical smarmy aplomb plays moses randolph, a thinly veiled portrayal of robert moses, the master builder of mid20 th century new york.
Caros screed is part of the robert moses story now. The book defined moses in the public consciousness. Along the way, two of the most remarkable new yorkers of all time came to the fore. Knopf, 1974 photocopy of typescript addeddate 20140724 14. These are just some of the best documentaries about new york that are. Ask about the legacy of robert moses the new york times. Comment on a new yorker profile and biography by moses, robert, 18881981. The possession of janet moses is a documentary film that lifts the veil of secrecy on what became known as the wainuiomata exorcism, to reveal the extraordinary true story of how both love and fear could drive a new zealand family to unwittingly kill one of their own. Together, the two torrents then enter the barrel corridor, a cavelike. Documentary about architect robert moses who is responsible for public works projects like the lincoln center and the united nations in new york.
The best nyc documentaries to stream right now curbed ny. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. The threebedroom, twobathroom coop, at 1 gracie terrace, is. However, some believed that he had removed lowerclass. Jackson, the achievement of robert moses was that he adapted new york city to the twentieth century. All those families having to move, and separate from one another, friendships were disconnected, in all of that and some, well, most, never made there way back to new york. After being cooped up in the house for two weeks, we decided to spend the evening at the beach. He had transformed neighborhoods into shorelines and highwaysroadways.
Mosesperhaps best known from robert caros seminal 1975 biography the power broker. Pdf robert moses and the visual dimension of physical disorder. Planner robert moses constructed many public parks and promoted new construction of infrastructure, often opposed by preservationists for destroying historic. Will rawls was waiting in the lorimer street subway station one recent sunday, trying to get to a rehearsal in chelsearawls is the choreographer for a new opera about robert moses, the. During the fair, other movie about the future city was projected. He was accepted to yale university at the age of 17, and he graduated in 1909. Moses was a major figure in new york politics, holding. Moses, whose long list of public offices only begins to hint at his impact on both the city and state of new york, was 92 years old.