Support for parks was unanimous across New York in 1923

Evidence

The reaction was not long in coming. Smith’s secretaries reported a most remarkable upsurge in the volume of his mail. It came from the City Club of New York (“Congratulations!” club secretary Raymond Ingersoll wrote delightedly) and from Pomona Grange Number 416 (“God bless you! Sincerely, Matilda Hunt, secretary-treasurer”). It came from slum dwellers and suburbanites. And unlike the mail on most issues, this mail did not contain letters on both sides of the issue. There was, the Governor’s secretaries reported, apparently only one side to this issue: everyone was for parks. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 740

Categorization

• XREF: Plausibly connects to the Addendum on trees-as-infrastructure: this is the historical moment when the park idea became politically irresistible infrastructure backed by popular unanimity. — connects to: Parks became a uniquely coalition-broadening issue no faction opposed — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 746; Parks once united voters across class lines as an unopposable political issue — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 746

Broader Connections

• Parks became a uniquely coalition-broadening issue no faction opposed #corroborates (0.92) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 746
• Parks once united voters across class lines as an unopposable political issue #exemplifies (0.85) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 746