Robert Moses
Robert Moses
Robert Moseswas a city planner who worked mainly in the New York metropolitan area. Known as the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, Rockland County, and Westchester County, he is sometimes compared to Baron Haussmann of Second Empire Paris, and was one of the most polarizing figures in the history of urban planning in the United States. His decisions favoring highways over public transit helped create the modern suburbs of Long Island and influenced a generation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEngineer
Date of Birth18 December 1888
CountryUnited States of America
[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination of architectural conceit and official bad taste. the Cathedral of Asphalt.
When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax,
Those who can, build. Those who can't, criticize.
I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelets without breaking eggs.