Robert Moses: Part 2 of 2-- Special Mega- Episode

Published: Aug. 11, 2012, 3:14 a.m.

b"In the second part of the Robert Moses podcast, Kate and Kathleen discuss Moses\\u2019 downfall: his compromises, his miscalculations, and his failures. \\xa0While the U.N. worked out as planned, the Mid- Manhattan Expressway, the Battery Bridge, and World\\u2019s Fair certainly didn't. \\xa0Hear about the increasingly critical press coverage of his works, which fed New Yorkers\\u2019 growing disillusionment with their Master Builder.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nTo check out after listening:\\n\\nAndrew Lynch\\u2019s amazing maps of unbuilt Robert Moses expressway projects. \\xa0They're incredibly accurate in their resemblance to Google maps. \\xa0Furthermore, they're incredibly important in their ability to truly evoke the astonishing destruction that would have to happen on our beloved Manhattan streets-- and indeed, the kind of destruction that DID happen in so many other places throughout New York.\\n\\nOur Facebook page for these and other Robert Moses-related pics, including photos from an exhibit of protest posters, the hideous New York Coliseum,\\xa0some\\xa0AMAZING Moses- inspired graffiti in Baltimore, and of course Moses \\xa0himself in an old- fashioned men\\u2019s bathing suit."