Without ever once being elected to office, he created for himself a position of supreme and untouchable authority, allowing him to utterly reshape the city of New York, turning it into the city we know today, while at the same time blighting the lives of millions and remaining accountable to no one.First published in the USA in 1974, this monumental classic was a Sunday Times bestseller when published in the UK in 2015 and is now widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest books of its kind. He liked to say he was the man who got things done, and a largely adoring media repeated that theme countless times. Robert Moses: Urban Fight of the Century (video) Lawrence W. It was challenging and yet invigorating to learn about Robert Moses, the master builder of New York City (and, indeed, much of New York State) between 1924 and his forced retirement in 1968. The Power Broker tells the story of Robert Moses, the single most powerful man in New York for almost half a century and the greatest builder America (and probably the world) has ever known. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro. Caro is a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by 'the greatest political biographer of our times? ( Sunday Times) - chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time and by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century.

Print The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Caro is the story of Robert Moses and the construction of the parks, bridges, highway system, United Nations Building, and other structures in New York.

Robert moses and the fall of new york