Robert Moses was "... a villainous figure who, through his control of federal slum clearance and highway money, was able to trample tens of thousands of lives, uprooting entire neighborhoods in a quest to impose his megalomaniacal vision: a city of dehumanizing superblocks strangled in ribbons of expressways."
—Ouroussof, Nicolai. "Complex, Contradictory Robert Moses."
New York Times, February 2, 2007: B29.**
New York Times, February 2, 2007: B29.**
Career Highlights:
- Destroyed the urban fabric of New York City and vicinty with fascistic "take no prisoners" urban planning.
- Loved to run a freeway right through your living room.
- Despised public transportation.
- The automobile vs. the human being? Ford and GM wins every time. The cost? Brooklyn, The Bronx, the Yankees, Coney Island, you name it, he ruined it.
- Total pompous ass. Arrogant to a fault. Listened to no one, thought he was always right.
- Accepted status as token Jew at Yale. Overcompensated by becoming swimming champ.
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