Robert Moses justified mass displacement of residents as necessary for urban renewal

Evidence

“You cannot rebuild a city without moving people,” Moses explained at the May 1959 groundbreaking, an event attended by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and that was deemed sufficiently significant to broadcast live in New York City classrooms (or at least mine). “You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.” — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 113

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the turf-wars gentrification origin thread: urban renewal as the brute-force prelude to artists as unwitting advance guard. — connects to: Moses’ housing plan demanded whole-block demolition over rehabilitation — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 2601; Robert Moses threatened farmers with eminent domain when charm failed — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 795; New York City dominated American urban renewal spending under Robert Moses — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 63 (+2 more)
• CANDY: The omelet quote broadcast live into NYC classrooms is a vivid, tellable detail.