Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1

2026-09-21 · 42 min · 34 entities

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→ references Stable website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://jstor.org/stable/10.2307/24889293
→ references Robert Moses book

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://britannica.com/biography/Robert-Moses
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→ references Research Starters person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://ebsco.com/research-starters/history/robert-moses
→ references The Power Broker I The Best Bill Drafter In Albany website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://newyorker.com/magazine/1974/07/22/the-power-broker-i-the-best-bill-drafter-in-albany?_sp=012e2621-7c64-4868-8288-8d1d8c093dfc.1788137489337
→ references Excostello Aide Barred By Mayor On Slum Projects Pokrass website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1959/07/03/archives/excostello-aide-barred-by-mayor-on-slum-projects-pokrass.html
→ references Governor By Merit person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1934/11/07/archives/governor-by-merit.html
→ references City Owned Beaches person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nycgovparks.org/about/history/beaches/city-owned-beaches
→ references Www.Longislandexchange.Com website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://web.archive.org/web/20130121130008/http://www.longislandexchange.com/jones-beach.html
→ references Moses Rips Into Venomous Biography Vindictive Canards Rejects website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1974/08/27/archives/moses-rips-into-venomous-biography-vindictive-canards-rejects.html
→ references Moses Must Go person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://metcouncilonhousing.org/moses-must-go
→ references Slums And City Planning person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/01/slums-and-city-planning/306544
→ references Showcasing The Career Of Robert Moses website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1995/10/01/nyregion/showcasing-the-career-of-robert-moses.html
→ references Red Smith Robert Moses The Empire Builder website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1981/08/05/sports/red-smith-robert-moses-the-empire-builder.html
→ references Title I Very Much Alive person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1959/07/08/archives/title-i-very-much-alive.html

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mentioned Stable website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://jstor.org/stable/10.2307/24889293
references Stable website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://jstor.org/stable/10.2307/24889293
mentioned History website

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Feed category: History
mentioned The Power Broker I The Best Bill Drafter In Albany website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://newyorker.com/magazine/1974/07/22/the-power-broker-i-the-best-bill-drafter-in-albany?_sp=012e2621-7c64-4868-8288-8d1d8c093dfc.1788137489337
mentioned Excostello Aide Barred By Mayor On Slum Projects Pokrass website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1959/07/03/archives/excostello-aide-barred-by-mayor-on-slum-projects-pokrass.html
mentioned Www.Longislandexchange.Com website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://web.archive.org/web/20130121130008/http://www.longislandexchange.com/jones-beach.html
mentioned Moses Rips Into Venomous Biography Vindictive Canards Rejects website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1974/08/27/archives/moses-rips-into-venomous-biography-vindictive-canards-rejects.html
mentioned Showcasing The Career Of Robert Moses website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1995/10/01/nyregion/showcasing-the-career-of-robert-moses.html
mentioned Red Smith Robert Moses The Empire Builder website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1981/08/05/sports/red-smith-robert-moses-the-empire-builder.html
discusses History website

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Feed category: History
references The Power Broker I The Best Bill Drafter In Albany website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://newyorker.com/magazine/1974/07/22/the-power-broker-i-the-best-bill-drafter-in-albany?_sp=012e2621-7c64-4868-8288-8d1d8c093dfc.1788137489337
references Excostello Aide Barred By Mayor On Slum Projects Pokrass website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1959/07/03/archives/excostello-aide-barred-by-mayor-on-slum-projects-pokrass.html
references Www.Longislandexchange.Com website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://web.archive.org/web/20130121130008/http://www.longislandexchange.com/jones-beach.html
references Moses Rips Into Venomous Biography Vindictive Canards Rejects website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1974/08/27/archives/moses-rips-into-venomous-biography-vindictive-canards-rejects.html
references Showcasing The Career Of Robert Moses website

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1995/10/01/nyregion/showcasing-the-career-of-robert-moses.html
references Red Smith Robert Moses The Empire Builder website

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1981/08/05/sports/red-smith-robert-moses-the-empire-builder.html

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mentioned Research Starters person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://ebsco.com/research-starters/history/robert-moses
mentioned Governor By Merit person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1934/11/07/archives/governor-by-merit.html
mentioned City Owned Beaches person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nycgovparks.org/about/history/beaches/city-owned-beaches
mentioned Moses Must Go person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://metcouncilonhousing.org/moses-must-go
mentioned Slums And City Planning person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/01/slums-and-city-planning/306544
mentioned Title I Very Much Alive person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1959/07/08/archives/title-i-very-much-alive.html
references Research Starters person

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://ebsco.com/research-starters/history/robert-moses
references Governor By Merit person

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1934/11/07/archives/governor-by-merit.html
references City Owned Beaches person

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nycgovparks.org/about/history/beaches/city-owned-beaches
references Moses Must Go person

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://metcouncilonhousing.org/moses-must-go
references Slums And City Planning person

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/01/slums-and-city-planning/306544
references Title I Very Much Alive person

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evidence rules-v5
Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://nytimes.com/1959/07/08/archives/title-i-very-much-alive.html

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mentioned Robert Moses book

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://britannica.com/biography/Robert-Moses
references Robert Moses book

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Link in episode "Robert Moses and the Shaping of New York, Part 1": https://britannica.com/biography/Robert-Moses

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Episode description as stored

Robert Moses is responsible for so much of the infrastructure of New York, including parks, bridges, highways and more. And he remains a divisive figure. The first part of this two-parter covers his rise in New York government. Research: “15% OF THE FAIR STILL UNFINISHED; 15 Pavilions and 3 Shows in Amusement Area Delayed.” New York Times. April 22, 1964. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/22/archives/15-of-the-fair-still-unfinished-15-pavilions-and-3-shows-in.html Ballon, Hilary, Phd. and Kenneth T. Jackson, eds. “Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York.” W.W. Norton & Co. 2008. Balme, Bob. “His Pen Blisters, His Voice Stings – Robert Moses, at 71, Churns Ahead.” Buffalo News. December 5, 1959. https://www.newspapers.com/image/868298578/?match=4&terms=Robert%20Moses&search-id=e5e8b520-6c56-44d0-96ef-7303b5705343&search-rank=6 Brewer, Sam Pope. “MOSES SLUM ROLE STIRRED DISPUTE; His 'Dead Duck' Remark on Title I Projects Aroused Urban Renewal Backers.” New York Times. Feb. 28, 1960. https://www.nytimes.com/1960/02/28/archives/moses-slum-role-stirred-dispute-his-dead-duck-remark-on-title-i.html Britannica Editors. "Robert Moses". Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Jul. 2026, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Moses Caro, Robert A. “The Power Broker.” Knopf. 1974. Caro, Robert A. “The Power Broker – I: How Robert Moses Transformed New York.” The New Yorker. July 15, 1974. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/07/22/the-power-broker-i-the-best-bill-drafter-in-albany?_sp=012e2621-7c64-4868-8288-8d1d8c093dfc.1788137489337 Chronopoulos, T. (2014). “Robert Moses and the Visual Dimension of Physical Disorder: Efforts to Demonstrate Urban Blight in the Age of Slum Clearance.” Journal of Planning History, 13(3), 207-233. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1538513213487149 Crawford, F. C. “New York State Reorganization.” The American Political Science Review, vol. 20, no. 1, 1926, pp. 76–79. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1945100 Ellis, Robert P. “Robert Moses.” Ebsco. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/robert-moses#lifes-work “EX-COSTELLO AIDE BARRED BY MAYOR ON SLUM PROJECTS.” The New York Times. July 3, 1959. https://www.nytimes.com/1959/07/03/archives/excostello-aide-barred-by-mayor-on-slum-projects-pokrass.html “GOVERNOR BY MERIT.” New York Times. Nov. 7, 1934. https://www.nytimes.com/1934/11/07/archives/governor-by-merit.html Grutzner, Charles. “MOSES SAYS TITLE I IS A 'DEAD DUCK'; DECRIES CHARGES; 'Ruinous' Attacks Kill All but Union Slum-Clearing Jobs for Future, He Asserts MAYOR STANDING FIRM He Repeats His Opposition to Any Project That Uses Kessler as Architect.” New York Times. July 4, 1959. https://www.nytimes.com/1959/07/04/archives/moses-says-title-i-is-a-dead-duck-decries-charges-ruinous-attacks.html Gutman, Marta. “Race, Place, and Play: Robert Moses and the WPA Swimming Pools in New York City.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 67, no. 4, 2008, pp. 532–61. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2008.67.4.532 “History of City–Owned Beaches.” Official Website of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/beaches/city-owned-beaches “History of Parks' Swimming Pools.” Official Website of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/pools “Jones Beach State Park - 80 Years of Service : 1929 – 2009.” https://jonesbeach.com/index.php?id=165%3A80-years&format=pdf&option=com_content&Itemid=100054 JONES BEACH STATE PARK.” Long Island Exchange. https://web.archive.org/web/20130121130008/http://www.longislandexchange.com/jones-beach.html Kaufman, Herbert. “Robert Moses: Charismatic Bureaucrat.” Political Science Quarterly, vol. 90, no. 3, 1975, pp. 521–38. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2148299 Kaufman, Michael T. “Moses Rips Into ‘Venomous’ Biography.” New York Times. Aug. 27, 1974. https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/27/archives/moses-rips-into-venomous-biography-vindictiv