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October 22, 2014

40 years later, Caro's book on Robert Moses is a classic

  • “The Power Broker” covers Moses' remarkable career shaping much of New York City's infrastructure in the 20th century — a human monument of vision, energy and ruthlessness.
    • By HILLEL ITALIE
    AP National Writer

    NEW YORK — Carl Weisbrod was two years out of graduate school, planning a career in law, when a new book about municipal builder Robert Moses changed his life: Robert Caro's “The Power Broker.”

    “It had a profound effect on me,” says Weisbrod, now the chair of New York City's planning commission. “It really got to me to see that planning and development was as important as human services in terms of how it shaped people's lives.”


     
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