Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Robert Moses and the Housing Crisis

A panel discussion moderated by Hilary Ballon and featuring the authors of four papers:

  • Mathew Lasner, Co-op Village, Co-op Nation
  • Roberta Moudry, Met Life’s Metropolis: Housing Initiatives in New York City
  • Samuel Zipp, The Battle of Lincoln Square: Neighborhood Culture and Resistance to Urban Renewal
  • Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Reassessing Robert Moses’ Influence on New York City’s Public Housing

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Robert Moses Symposium Panel: The Legacy of Robert Moses

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Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Moses and His Challenges

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What Should We Learn From Moses and Jacobs?

By Ryan Avent |
There is probably no more beloved figure in urbanism than Jane Jacobs, who fought to preserve some of New York City’s most treasured neighborhoods and who gave urbanists some of the field’s fundamental texts. As Ed Glaeser notes in the New Republic this week, Jacobs died in 2006 "a cherished, almost saintly figure," while her […]