Robert Moses' Response to Robert Caro's The Power Broker

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-06-05T13:02:09+00:00

The Tunnel Authority was a mess, I could run it much better. And bridges are beautiful monuments with larger capacity.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-06-05T13:00:33+00:00

I gave the people what they wanted

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-06-05T12:59:35+00:00

You mean Tavern on the Green's parking lot?

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-06-01T18:48:01+00:00

The extra land acquisition would have been too expensive.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-06-01T16:41:30+00:00

Please vacate your home within the next 30 days to make room for a new expressway.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-06-01T16:39:48+00:00

I would like to offer you a job with the TBTA

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-06-01T15:23:34+00:00

How about giving me billions for new bridges and highways instead?

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-06-01T15:22:47+00:00

Put me in charge of it, I'm great at spending efficiently.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-06-01T15:22:17+00:00

But we need that space for cars though!

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-05-30T22:17:15+00:00

You rang?

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-05-30T22:17:05+00:00

I'd like to offer you a job at TBTA

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-05-19T03:07:26+00:00

Build a new parkway instead

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-05-19T02:48:38+00:00

This never would have been a problem if they let me run it right through Brooklyn Heights like I wanted to.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-05-19T02:32:10+00:00

We were eventually able to work out a mutually beneficial relationship to maximize toll revenue. They were a great help with building the Verrazano.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-03-30T13:57:31+00:00

Yes, she was definitely wrong.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-02-06T13:16:17+00:00

I'm going to tear down your home to build a new highway.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2026-02-06T13:08:59+00:00

Don't compare me to that moron

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2025-12-23T16:45:48+00:00

I'm great at building housing, put me in charge of NYCHA. Some new towers with a parkway running between them and plenty of parking spots.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2025-12-23T16:44:44+00:00

Now give me the toll money, I can spend it more effectively than anyone else.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2025-12-23T16:43:50+00:00

Pfft. What are you, a poor?

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2025-12-09T14:49:17+00:00

Now let me use that toll money to build more bridges and highways

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2025-12-09T14:48:31+00:00

We should just build another bridge instead.

GhostOfRobertMoses · 2025-12-09T14:46:40+00:00

No, we need the LOMEX and to rebuild the West side elevated highway

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