Robert Moses
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Robert Moses (1888 – 1981) was the "master builder" of 20th century New York City, an advocate of a controversial style of urban planning that favored the construction of new highways over the preservation of existing neighborhoods.
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- I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelets without breaking eggs.
- Quoted in his obituary in the New York Times
- Those who can, build. Those who can't, criticize.
- Quoted in his obituary in the New York Times
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- You can draw any kind of picture you like on a clean slate ... but when you build in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax.
- Cities are created by and for traffic. A city without traffic is a ghost town.
