The Power Broker
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro. The book focuses on the creation and use of power in New York local and state politics, as w
Cover art of The Power Broker since publication
Caro's Francis Parkman Prize
"Turn Every Page" exhibit at the New-York Historical Society
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
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The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts in New York City. The bridges link the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The viaducts cross Randalls a
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…achieve his goals. By the 1930s, Moses was widely admired as a champion for public parks in the city and state. He then led long-sought projects like the Triborough Bridge (later renamed Robert F. Kennedy Bridge), but at the price of his earlier integrity. Caro suggests that Moses's younger, idealistic self would not have…
Randalls and Wards Islands looking south, showing the RFK Bridge road complex, with the Hell Gate railroad bridge to the northeast (lower left)
The East River suspension bridge, pictured in 2022
The Harlem River lift bridge in 2007
Bronx Kill crossing in 2008