Robert Moses

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Robert Moses was a powerful and controversial New York urban planner whose extensive highway, bridge, and park projects reshaped the city and its surrounding region in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
public official
urban planner
awardReceived Legion of Merit
birthDate 1888-12-18
birthPlace New Haven, Connecticut
surface form: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
citizenship United States of America
criticizedBy Jane Jacobs
deathDate 1981-07-29
deathPlace West Islip, New York
surface form: West Islip, New York, United States
educatedAt Columbia University
Wadham College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Yale University
era mid-20th century
familyName Moses
fullName Robert Moses self-link
gender male
givenName Robert
hasAuthor Robert A. Caro
surface form: Robert Caro
implementedPolicy automobile-oriented urban development
slum clearance and urban renewal
influenced New York City urban form
postwar American highway planning
influencedBy Progressive Era reform ideas
knownFor controversial urban renewal projects
large-scale highway construction in New York City region
shaping mid-20th-century New York metropolitan infrastructure
languageSpoken English
movement modernist urban planning
notableWork Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Cross Bronx Expressway
Jones Beach State Park
Long Island Expressway
Northern State Parkway
Robert Moses State Park (Long Island)
Southern State Parkway
Triborough Bridge
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge planning
occupation political appointee
public administrator
urban planner
politicalAlignment aligned with New York Republican establishment
positionHeld Chairman of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
New York City Parks Commissioner
New York Secretary of State
New York State Council of Parks Chairman
subjectOf The Power Broker
workLocation Long Island, New York
New York City

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Robert F. Kennedy Bridge plannedBy Robert Moses
Triborough Bridge projectLedBy Robert Moses
Taconic State Parkway plannedBy Robert Moses
New York World's Fair organizer Robert Moses
New York World's Fair president Robert Moses
Aymar Embury II collaboratedWith Robert Moses
Belt Parkway designedBy Robert Moses
Robert Moses fullName Robert Moses self-link
Cross Bronx Expressway designedBy Robert Moses
The Power Broker mainSubject Robert Moses
The Power Broker notableCharacter Robert Moses
Southern State Parkway designedBy Robert Moses
Caro subjectOfWork Robert Moses
subject surface form: Robert A. Caro
the Corona Ash Dumps associatedWith Robert Moses
subject surface form: Corona Ash Dumps
RFK Bridge projectLeader Robert Moses