Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Moses and His Challenges

A panel discussion moderated by Lizabeth Cohen and featuring the authors of four papers:

  • Henry D. Fetter, Revising the Revisionists: Public Subsidyand Dodger Stadium in Brooklyn
  • David Michalski, Robert Moses Meets the Mighty Niagara: Aesthetic Collisions at Empire’s Edge
  • Robert Fishman, Revolt of the Urbs: 5th Avenue Opposition
  • David A. Johnson, Robert Moses and the 1929 Regional Plan of New York and its Environs

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Robert Moses Symposium Panel: The Legacy of Robert Moses

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Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Moses’ Vision in Concrete & Film

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Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Robert Moses and the Housing Crisis

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