Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during...
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro. The book focuses on the creation and use of...
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Robert Parris Moses (January 23, 1935 – July 25, 2021) was an American educator and civil rights activist known for his work as a leader of the Student...
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The Robert Moses Causeway is an 8.10-mile (13.04 km) state parkway in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. It is named for the master builder and urban...
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Robert Moses State Park can refer to two state parks in New York: Robert Moses State Park (Long Island) on Fire Island, on the southern shore of Long Island...
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wrote The Power Broker (1974), a biography of New York urban planner Robert Moses, which was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest...
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The Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Lewiston, New York, near Niagara Falls. Owned and operated by...
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Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. The park lies on the western end of Fire...
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Robert Moses (1888–1981) was an American city planner. Robert Moses may also refer to: Bob Moses (activist) (1935–2021), American educator and civil rights...
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Lefty Grove (redirect from Robert Moses Grove)
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove (March 6, 1900 – May 22, 1975) was an American professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during...
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Coney Island (section Robert Moses era)
1953. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2018. Caro, Robert (1974). The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-48076-3...
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September 23, 2010. "Robert Moses Causeway Historic Overview". Eastern Roads. Retrieved March 28, 2011. This final link of the Robert Moses Causeway opened...
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Moses was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, according to Abrahamic tradition. He is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and Samaritanism...
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Rockefeller, coordinated efforts with the Coordinator of Construction, Robert Moses, and Mayor William O'Dwyer, to assemble acceptable interim facilities...
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complicated legacy of Robert Moses". Curbed. Retrieved May 19, 2020. "Edward Norton on Why He Placed 'Motherless Brooklyn' in Robert Moses' New York". "'Motherless...
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the 19th century and half of the 20th century, to cronyism during the Robert Moses era. The shape of New York City's transportation system changed as the...
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Robert Moses Playground is a 1.3-acre (0.53 ha) playground and park in Manhattan, New York City. It is located in the Murray Hill neighborhood on First...
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York". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2022. "Ralph Fiennes To Star As Robert Moses In New York Staging Of David Hare's 'Straight Line Crazy'; Nicholas Hytner...
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the Robert Moses Causeway over the Great South Bay, between Long Island's South Shore and Captree Island. It serves as access via the Robert Moses Causeway...
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West Side Highway (section Robert Moses proposals)
ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 12, 2017. Robert Moses' proposal Archived 2020-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. "Robert Moses' Highway and Housing Proposal, 1975"...
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neighborhoods from urban renewal and slum clearance, in particular plans by Robert Moses to overhaul her own Greenwich Village neighborhood. She was instrumental...
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Rockaway, Queens (section Robert Moses era)
housing? Largely because Robert Moses wanted it there." Although the bridges were intended to improve the Rockaways, Moses' other projects both directly...
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1964 New York World's Fair (category Robert Moses projects)
at the 21 Club restaurant. New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. and parks commissioner Robert Moses formally endorsed the proposal in August 1959,...
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The Moses-Saunders Power Dam, short for Robert Moses-Robert H. Saunders Power Dam, is a dam on the Saint Lawrence River straddling the border between...
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London. In the play, Fiennes portrays New York's legendary urban planner Robert Moses. His performance has received rave reviews with Variety declaring, "Fiennes...
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decline in the early 20th century, New York City parks commissioner Robert Moses started a program to clean up Central Park in the 1930s. The Central...
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Bob Moses is a Canadian electronic music duo based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Formed in New York City, the band consists of Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance...
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Aymar Embury II (section Work with Robert Moses)
Embury frequently worked with Robert Moses in the latter's various city and state capacities, especially, early on, in Moses’ capacity as New York City Parks...
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and Georges-Eugene Haussmann in Paris planned cities from scratch, and Robert Moses and Le Corbusier refurbished and transformed cities and neighborhoods...
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New York City and centres around the life of Robert Moses portrayed by Ralph Fiennes. Fiennes stars as Moses, once a powerful man in New York and the "master...
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