How a NYC Bureaucrat Shaped Modern America

Does a half-century-old book hold the key to the future of U.S. cities? Writer Ron Coleman explains how a biography of visionary builder and urban planner Robert Moses is as relevant as ever.

Timestamps:

• 01:44 Ron Coleman, writer, broadcaster, lawyer
• 03:37 Robert Caro’s “The Powerbroker”
• 04:24 Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
• 04:35 1975 Biography of Moses is still relevant today
• 04:57 Coleman grew up in NYC and experienced Moses’ vision
• 06:12 Unintended consequences of Moses’ vision for NYC 
• 11:24 NYC’s current leaders don’t care if they destroy the city
• 11:49 NYC today is scarred by crime and migrant crisis
• 16:26 Grand urban projects marked Moses’ NYC
• 21:50 Moses believed his duty to improve other races 
• 32:20  NYC leaders more concerned with hurting Trump
• 36:33 NYC’s future is uncertain due to lack of leadership

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