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While that's all interesting, unless Robert Moses was directing essentially every American city's development it's more than just his preferences that were at w
by emodendroket 5y ago
While that's all interesting, unless Robert Moses was directing essentially every American city's development it's more than just his preferences that were at work.
- eslaught 5y agoI'm not all the way through the book, but I believe this is basically the point. Once Moses' "success" in NY became known, everywhere else in the US started to copy his approach. So he really did have a national influence.
- misiti3780 5y agoI think it is a combination of Moses success being copied and then Eisenhower's Highway funding encouraging roads over subways
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