The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro
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“@FeargalORourke I read the first 2 LBJs yonks agobut tbh I love The Power Broker the most as a book. It's such a study in power. | If you want to understand how New York got to be New York especially the Built Environment and Politics these two books are a great pairing; a significant investment in time but they’re worth it. | If you’re interested in politics & cities, beg, borrow, steal to see this play. The Robert Caro book on which it’s based (“The Power Broker”) was a big influence on me as Transport Secretary on how to get things done. Except he wanted roads, I did railways | One of the most magnificent books I?ve ever read. | One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read.”
Source →“@FeargalORourke I read the first 2 LBJs yonks agobut tbh I love The Power Broker the most as a book. It's such a study in power. | If you want to understand how New York got to be New York especially the Built Environment and Politics these two books are a great pairing; a significant investment in time but they’re worth it. | If you’re interested in politics & cities, beg, borrow, steal to see this play. The Robert Caro book on which it’s based (“The Power Broker”) was a big influence on me as Transport Secretary on how to get things done. Except he wanted roads, I did railways | One of the most magnificent books I?ve ever read. | One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read.”
Source →“@FeargalORourke I read the first 2 LBJs yonks agobut tbh I love The Power Broker the most as a book. It's such a study in power. | If you want to understand how New York got to be New York especially the Built Environment and Politics these two books are a great pairing; a significant investment in time but they’re worth it. | If you’re interested in politics & cities, beg, borrow, steal to see this play. The Robert Caro book on which it’s based (“The Power Broker”) was a big influence on me as Transport Secretary on how to get things done. Except he wanted roads, I did railways | One of the most magnificent books I?ve ever read. | One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read.”
Source →“@FeargalORourke I read the first 2 LBJs yonks agobut tbh I love The Power Broker the most as a book. It's such a study in power. | If you want to understand how New York got to be New York especially the Built Environment and Politics these two books are a great pairing; a significant investment in time but they’re worth it. | If you’re interested in politics & cities, beg, borrow, steal to see this play. The Robert Caro book on which it’s based (“The Power Broker”) was a big influence on me as Transport Secretary on how to get things done. Except he wanted roads, I did railways | One of the most magnificent books I?ve ever read. | One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read.”
Source →“@FeargalORourke I read the first 2 LBJs yonks agobut tbh I love The Power Broker the most as a book. It's such a study in power. | If you want to understand how New York got to be New York especially the Built Environment and Politics these two books are a great pairing; a significant investment in time but they’re worth it. | If you’re interested in politics & cities, beg, borrow, steal to see this play. The Robert Caro book on which it’s based (“The Power Broker”) was a big influence on me as Transport Secretary on how to get things done. Except he wanted roads, I did railways | One of the most magnificent books I?ve ever read. | One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read.”
Source →“@FeargalORourke I read the first 2 LBJs yonks agobut tbh I love The Power Broker the most as a book. It's such a study in power. | If you want to understand how New York got to be New York especially the Built Environment and Politics these two books are a great pairing; a significant investment in time but they’re worth it. | If you’re interested in politics & cities, beg, borrow, steal to see this play. The Robert Caro book on which it’s based (“The Power Broker”) was a big influence on me as Transport Secretary on how to get things done. Except he wanted roads, I did railways | One of the most magnificent books I?ve ever read. | One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read.”
Source →“@FeargalORourke I read the first 2 LBJs yonks agobut tbh I love The Power Broker the most as a book. It's such a study in power. | If you want to understand how New York got to be New York especially the Built Environment and Politics these two books are a great pairing; a significant investment in time but they’re worth it. | If you’re interested in politics & cities, beg, borrow, steal to see this play. The Robert Caro book on which it’s based (“The Power Broker”) was a big influence on me as Transport Secretary on how to get things done. Except he wanted roads, I did railways | One of the most magnificent books I?ve ever read. | One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read.”
Source →“@FeargalORourke I read the first 2 LBJs yonks agobut tbh I love The Power Broker the most as a book. It's such a study in power. | If you want to understand how New York got to be New York especially the Built Environment and Politics these two books are a great pairing; a significant investment in time but they’re worth it. | If you’re interested in politics & cities, beg, borrow, steal to see this play. The Robert Caro book on which it’s based (“The Power Broker”) was a big influence on me as Transport Secretary on how to get things done. Except he wanted roads, I did railways | One of the most magnificent books I?ve ever read. | One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read.”
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Recommended by 14 sources and appears in Urban Planning, Biography, and About New York City.
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and misshaping) of twentiethcentury New York (city and state) and makes public what few have known: that Robert Moses was, for almost half a century, the single most powerful man of o...
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“@FeargalORourke I read the first 2 LBJs yonks agobut tbh I love The Power Broker the most as a book. It's such a study in power. | If you want to understand how New York got to be New York especially the Built Environment and Politics these two books are a great pairing; a significant investment in time but they’re worth it. | If you’re interested in politics & cities, beg, borrow, steal to see this play. The Robert Caro book on which it’s based (“The Power Broker”) was a big influence on me as Transport Secretary on how to get things done. Except he wanted roads, I did railways | One of the most magnificent books I?ve ever read. | One of the most magnificent books I’ve ever read.”
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