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Read The Power Broker. It was Robert Moses who invented the idea of ramming highways through cities, and he did a brilliant job of selling urban planners around
by zachkatz 5y ago
Read The Power Broker. It was Robert Moses who invented the idea of ramming highways through cities, and he did a brilliant job of selling urban planners around the world on his vision (he would wine and dine them at his mansion, for instance).
- kqr 5y agoAnother great book on the same subject is The Death and Life of American Cities. City planning is about managing the interactions of complex functions. It is surprisingly relevant to software engineers!
- TomSwirly 5y agoI hated The Power Broker. It's brilliant, but Robert Moses was SO awful I was grinding my teeth. Must read, really. But only the once.