Moses Of New York

Speak the name Robert Moses in New York, and you’ll likely get an angry rant about the damage done to the city and its residents in the name of “urban renewal.” But there was far more to Moses’ legacy: he gave the city Lincoln Center and Jones Beach, and changed the landscape in several important ways. “With the city on the brink of a building boom unparalleled since Moses’ heyday, [some] scholars argue that his legacy is more relevant than ever.”