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post #1 of 12
10/12/09 at 10:17pm
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There was a thread, some time ago, in which Manton and a few others brought up what is apparently an outstanding book on a famous NYC architect. This was a guy who influenced policy, built much of the modern city, etc. I cannot for the life of me remember the title or the guy's name. Can anyone help?
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post #2 of 12
10/12/09 at 10:19pm
Robert Moses. Not an architect. The book is by Robert Caro, called The Power Broker.
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post #3 of 12
10/12/09 at 10:20pm
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You answered before I could even PM you with teh link. Thanks!
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post #4 of 12
10/12/09 at 11:20pm
mose more a planner. wrestling w/ moses is a new interesting-looking book about greenwich village activist, jane jacobs who helped lead the fight against moses' plans that would have laid waste to much of manhattan:http://www.amazon.com/Wrestling-Mose...5400341&sr=1-1
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post #5 of 12
10/12/09 at 11:55pm
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mose more a planner. wrestling w/ moses is a new interesting-looking book about greenwich village activist, jane jacobs who helped lead the fight against moses' plans that would have laid waste to much of manhattan:http://www.amazon.com/Wrestling-Mose...5400341&sr=1-1

Jane Jacobs and her whole fight/movement came very late in his career.

IMO he should read Power Broker then Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jacobs if he's still interested. It's a much more interesting read when you realize the true power of what the movement was against.

Manton and I recommended Power Broker due to Moses evil genius and lust for power as well as its generous dosage of NYS and NYC politics. It's a Connie wet dream. It's also amazingly well written.
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post #6 of 12
10/13/09 at 12:31am
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Jane Jacobs and her whole fight/movement came very late in his career. IMO he should read Power Broker then Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jacobs if he's still interested. It's a much more interesting read when you realize the true power of what the movement was against. Manton and I recommended Power Broker due to Moses evil genius and lust for power as well as its generous dosage of NYS and NYC politics. It's a Connie wet dream. It's also amazingly well written.
Thanks for the recommendation. Power Broker really does sound fascinating, though I don't know how I'll find the time to read it this year--it's 1,400 pages. Just placed an order on Amazon.
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post #7 of 12
10/13/09 at 12:01pm
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Jane Jacobs and her whole fight/movement came very late in his career.

IMO he should read Power Broker then Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jacobs if he's still interested. It's a much more interesting read when you realize the true power of what the movement was against.

Manton and I recommended Power Broker due to Moses evil genius and lust for power as well as its generous dosage of NYS and NYC politics. It's a Connie wet dream. It's also amazingly well written.

yes to PB, was only expanding on conne's non-knowledge....
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post #8 of 12
10/13/09 at 12:13pm
Jane Jacob's New York loft just sold the other day for 3+ million. I can't remember if I saw that here or somewhere else. Robert Moses has a similarly split intellect like LeCorbusier. Some good ideas. Some bad. Stopping Moses from turning New York into a giant freeway and preventing LeCorbusier from dismantling Paris are two of the great avoided disasters of the 20th century, much to Labelking's chagrin I'm sure.
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post #9 of 12
10/13/09 at 12:34pm
Moses was a cunt but in the end cities that weren't under his mad thumb suffered from the same if not greater effects of the car is king culture. I never read power broker though, it'sapparently excellent.
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post #10 of 12
10/13/09 at 12:59pm
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Jane Jacob's New York loft just sold the other day for 3+ million. I can't remember if I saw that here or somewhere else.

Robert Moses has a similarly split intellect like LeCorbusier. Some good ideas. Some bad. Stopping Moses from turning New York into a giant freeway and preventing LeCorbusier from dismantling Paris are two of the great avoided disasters of the 20th century, much to Labelking's chagrin I'm sure.

She just died, no? (note to self: check conne's useless obit thread in unlikely event he noted it). I think she left NYC back in the late '60s & moved to Wisconsin()?

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Moses was a cunt but in the end cities that weren't under his mad thumb suffered from the same if not greater effects of the car is king culture. I never read power broker though, it'sapparently excellent.

Infrastructure is King!
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post #11 of 12
10/13/09 at 1:23pm
She died in '06.
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post #12 of 12
10/13/09 at 2:09pm
Just picked up a copy of The Power Broker - sounds like an interesting read. The reviews that it has on Amazon are pretty amazing - very few negative comments are written about the book. I'll report back with my thoughts.
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