Moses transferred his vision of unused space from Manhattan to Long Island

Evidence

And suddenly, the eyes that had looked at the mud flats below Riverside Drive and seen a great highway and a great park were looking at something else. The eyes that “burned with ideas” were burning again—and they were focused on Long Island. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 700

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Moses envisioned the Manhattan waterfront parkway as early as 1914 — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 281; Repetitive commuting made Moses notice undeveloped woods between Long Island villages — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 697; Moses identified 3,500 acres of unused city-owned land near Manhattan — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 707 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Moses identified 3,500 acres of unused city-owned land near Manhattan #corroborates (0.82) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 707