Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New

Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York

A fresh look at the greatest builder in the history of New York City and one of its most controversial figures.
â€œWe are rebuilding New York, not dispersing and abandoning itâ€: 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 Mosesâ€™s nearly forty-year reign over city building from 1934 to 1968.It 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 cityâ€™s history. Robert Moses and the Modern City is the first major publication devoted to him since Robert Caroâ€™s damning 1974 biography, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York.In these pages eight short essays by leading scholars of urban history provide a revised perspective; stunning new photographs offer the first visual record of Mosesâ€™s far-reaching 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 purposes.Robert Moses and the Modern City captures research undertaken in the last three decades and will stimulate a new round of debate.

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	55 colour & 200 b/w illustrations
Model	55 colour & 200 b/w illustrations
ReleaseDate	2008-09-17
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780393732436

Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York

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