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Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York | Robert A Caro
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fredthemoose
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Phew, that was a long one! 66 hours but fascinating and well written. In-depth (like, really in-depth) look at the career of Robert Moses and how he obtained, used, and eventually lost power over public works in New York in the early and mid 20th century. A definite pick if you‘re interested in politics and policy and how cities and regions are shaped. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Smarkies Despite the length, I really loved this one. 2y
fredthemoose @smarkies Me, too! It held my interest (although there were points of me just wishing he was less awful/unreasonable) and the writing was great! 2y
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QBub
The Power Broker | Robert A. Caro
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Robert Moses began his career as someone trying to improve New York City. The longer he remained there, the more power he acquired and wielded. What Caro shows is that Robert Moses was a power hungry, vindictive, racist megalomaniac, on his best days. What you see is the rise and all too late of fall old New York City‘s Parks Commissioner

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keithmalek
The Power Broker | Robert A. Caro

This book is boring, and you know it. Rather than slogging through this (unless you actually are interested in reading a three page description of what Robert Moses had for breakfast) read "Wrestling With Moses" by Anthony Flint.

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Eggs
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In his obsessive #ambition, Robert Moses built bridges and parks that destroyed neighborhoods, traditions, historical landmarks; made public transportation inaccessible and basically created more problems than benefits for NYC

#reallyrandomfebruary
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Geenie 🙅🏽‍♀️ 4y
OriginalCyn620 I love NYC...sounds like an interesting read! 4y
Eggs @Yoshi-and-a-book @OriginalCyn620 It‘s a chunkster but excellent!!! 4y
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RYKER
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I started reading this tomb of a book last week. Great so far. I never knew the administrative evolution of a city could be so interesting. But it's also a fascinating bio of a very ambitious and important historical figure.

wanderinglynn Welcome to Litsy! 👋🏻 4y
Smarkies Have fun with this! It took me a while but at the end I didn't regret it. 😁 4y
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As long as you were fighting for parks, you could hardly help being the hero. [...] [Moses] would put it this way: As long as you're fighting for parks, you can be sure of having public opinion on your side. And as long as you have public opinion on your side, you're safe. “As long as you're on the side of parks, you're on the side of the angels. You can't lose.“
p. 218

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Smarkies
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Finally finished reading this book after slightly more than a year. A chunkster but a good read if you are interested in the subject.
Have tagged it as "something with politics" for #nonfiction2019

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Bluebird
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These print books from my TBR shelf with #occupationintitle really show my eclectic taste in books (I am hoping it is acceptable for the occupation to be that of a non-human). Biography, historical fiction, mystery and fantasy. I love all 4 genre!
#fallintobooks

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Smarkies
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Will I be able to get through the 1162 pages of this tome?

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Eggs
The Power Broker | Robert A. Caro
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Robert Moses was known for designing and building New York City's roads, bridges, parks from the late 1930s to early 1970s. But in his zeal, he created marvels inspired by the designs of the Worlds Fair in NYC. Sadly his massive roadways and bridges destroyed neighborhoods, communities, public transit, jobs, and mobility for those who didn't travel by cars on the high speed through-ways...

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Alwayscoolwb
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A long well researched comprehensive look into the man who shaped New York for over 50 years

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missberlyreads
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I have a jammed packed day ahead of me, but I'm going to participate in @deweysreadathon as much as I can. Thank goodness for #audiobooks! I'm continuing this one to start. HAPPY READING Y'ALL! #readathon #audible #thepowerbroker #robertcaro #robertmoses #NYC #kvnreads17

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Oftencantdecide
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#SeasonsReadings2016- #setonanisland

Maybe 2017 is the year I'll actually read this entire book.

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Oftencantdecide
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#PhotoADayNov16 -#planestrainsautomobiles-

"By building his highways, Moses flooded the city with cars. By systematically starving the subways and suburban commuter railroads, he swelled that flood to city-destroying dimensions."

smccallum This is on my TBR but too daunting to start! 7y
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Oftencantdecide
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#Booktober - #ilikebigbooks - Two big books I'm reading (The Power Broker and Middlemarch), one I want to read (The Family Mashber), and one I want to reread (Daniel Deronda).

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Jenny8lee
The Power Broker | Robert A. Caro
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Bob Caro reading from The Power Broker at Pulitzer 100 celebration at Harvard.

jeff Welcome to Litsy! 8y
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NationalBook
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Congratulations to Robert A. Caro, who'll be presented with our medal for lifetime achievement at the 2016 National Book Awards!

http://www.nationalbook.org/amerletters_2016_rcaro.html

Arbol His books on Lyndon Johnson are really amazing. 8y
Lizdegner This is one of my favorite audible reads! Congratulations, Robert Caro!❤️ 8y
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Mike928
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Part of big summer reading list! This may go into fall, winter ...

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kroeder
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This Frances Perkins quote sums it up perfectly. What a fascinating read!

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kroeder
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Listening to this 66 hour tome and am absolutely loving it.

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Yossarian
The Power Broker | Robert A. Caro
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Reading the interview with Robert Caro in The Paris Review makes me want to devote the next year to just reading about Lyndon Johnson, but I know it sounds better in theory than it would be in practice.

tkingsanchez I'm still working my way through the first book - it's definitely a fascinating read. 8y
Yossarian @tkingsanchez I'm reading Chernow's biography of Washington (after reading Hamilton). Maybe if I work my way through I can get to Johnson in about 35 more Presidents. 8y
BookNotes @Yossarian @tkingsanchez Chernow's Washington & Hamilton biographies are some of my favorite books. 8y
BrianRHarris That's a good project - read biographies of all 44 presidents in a year. Monotonous, but I bet I'd learn a lot. 8y
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