Robert Gore-Langton

The psychopath who wrecked New York

Robert Moses, responsible for so much of the city's architecture and infrastructure, played the humble public servant, yet he despised the poor

Master builder: Robert Moses stands on a beam over the East River, New York City, in 1959. Credit: Arnold Newman Properties / Getty Images 
issue 19 March 2022
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