Straight Line Crazy
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Straight Line Crazy is a play written by David Hare. The play, set in the 1920s through the 1960s in New York City, centers on Robert Moses, the powerful "master builder" of parks, bridges, and expres
Original production poster
Robert Moses
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Robert Moses was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century. Moses is regarded as one of the most powerful and infl
Straight Line Crazy
…Straight Line Crazy is a play written by David Hare. The play, set in the 1920s through the 1960s in New York City, centers on Robert Moses, the powerful "master builder" of parks, bridges, and expressways. The first production, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Ralph Fiennes as…
Moses in 1939
1934 campaign poster
The BQE cantilevered section in 2024, seen from Brooklyn Bridge Park
Part of the Triborough Bridge (left) with Astoria Park and its pool in the center