TY - BOOK AU - Caro,Robert A. TI - The power broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York SN - 9781847923653 (pbk.) : AV - NA9085.M68 C37 2018 U1 - 711.4092 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - The Bodley Head KW - Moses, Robert, KW - City planners KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Urban renewal KW - Architecture and Planning KW - ukslc N1 - Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1974; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 'The Power Broker' tells the story of Robert Moses, the single most powerful man in New York for almost half a century and the greatest builder America (and probably the world) has ever known. Without ever once being elected to office, he created for himself a position of supreme and untouchable authority, allowing him to utterly reshape the city of New York, turning it into the city we know today, while at the same time destroying the lives of millions and remaining accountable to no one ER -