Moses built public works at a time no other city could

Evidence

More significant than what Robert Moses built is when he built it. That was how he put his mark on all the cities of America. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 57

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Moses renovated essentially every structure and surface in the city’s parks in one year. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 1643; Moses turned New York garbage dumps and mud flats into hundreds of parks — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 48; Moses built monumental stone bathhouses to serve the masses at public beaches — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 977