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Article: The New York Approach: Robert Moses, Urban Liberals, and Redevelopment of the Inner City.
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- The Historian
- Article date:
- June 22, 1995
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This is an informative and provocative book. It differs from its companion volumes in the Urban Life and Urban Landscape series by focusing on the career and ideology of one man, legendary New York builder Robert Moses, and the elite "liberal" allies who made his redevelopment career possible. For readers who thought Robert Caro's The Power Broker the final word on that subject, Joel Schwartz offers a different interpretation of how New York City became the new Rome.
Schwartz has written on New Jersey's urban and suburban history and now turns his attention to his native New York City in the post-World War II era. Clearly the author disapproves of urban renewal ...
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