Sage-Tips

What did Robert Moses believe in?

Moses was a megalomaniacal elitist who disliked public transportation. He preferred soaring bridges and envisioned the city as a place where private cars would whisk people to-and-fro via elaborate, terraced expressways.

Why did Robert Moses have so much power?

Moses’ staying power relied chiefly on two pillars: his popularity and the budgets he controlled. His popularity had for almost 30 years been unquestioned, and his twelve positions in city and state posts were largely outside anyone’s ability to fire him, even the Mayor and Governor.

Is Robert Moses good or bad?

Yes, he was aggressive and displaced thousands of people, mainly the poor and African Americans, but the builders of Central Park did the same thing (as did Trump and many others).

Is Moses Randolph based on Robert Moses?

Moses is not a nice guy, as we can see, and perhaps the worst (or best, depending on how you want to look at it) is that Motherless Brooklyn’s Moses Randolph is indeed based on a real person: New York mega-developer Robert Moses.

What is the legacy of Robert Moses?

Urban planner Robert Moses built just about every highway in New York City. His legacy as a builder stretches well into the hundreds of miles — including a remarkable seven bridges, and 32 express- and parkways in New York City. Moses razed city blocks and disassembled neighborhoods.

Who stopped Robert Moses?

Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs OC OOnt
Employer	Amerika, Architectural Forum
Organization	Joint Committee to Stop the Lower Manhattan Expressway, Stop Spadina Save Our City Coordinating Committee Carlos Moreno
Notable work	The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Spouse(s)	Robert Jacobs

What is Motherless Brooklyn based on?

Loosely based on Jonathan Lethem’s 1999 novel, “Motherless Brooklyn” stars Norton as Lionel Essrog, a private detective with Tourette syndrome who finds himself drowning in guilt after he fails to stop the murder of his father-figure boss (played by Bruce Willis).