A plentiful read in Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York is his Title I program, where Moses advocated for the tearing down of slums, relocation of original tenants, and subsequent rebuilding of new infrastructure. Moses believed that by providing incentives for institutions of higher education, the value of and interest in New York City would skyrocket. He viewed slums as a nuisance that must be eradicated, and acted as the mediator between the private and public sectors. While Moses undoubtedly spearheaded projects with visible significance to this day, we can argue that his vision for New York City was tainted with issues, in the ideological, business, and public welfare aspects.
WNYC: “Robert Moses and the Transformation of New York”
Kenneth T. Jackson, director of the Herbert H. Lehman Center for the Study of American History and the Jacques Barzun Professor of History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University, where he has also chaired the department of history, and the author of Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York (Norton, 2008), and Lisa Keller, professor of history at SUNY Purchase and the co-editor of The Encyclopedia of New York City (Yale University Press, 2010), talk about Robert Moses for the latest installment of the October election year series, People’s Guide to Power: Real Estate Edition. (Source: WNYC)
