Exhibition catalog and essay collection from the 2007 MoMA exhibition reassessing Robert Moses's legacy — presenting multiple perspectives on his contributions and his methods.
The Moses reassessment: the MoMA exhibition and catalog represented a genuine reconsideration of Moses's legacy beyond Caro's damning Power Broker portrait — acknowledging Moses's genuine urban achievements (public parks, beaches, bridges, parkways, public housing at scale) alongside the destructive methods (displacement, racial exclusion, community destruction). Demonstrates how complex historical figures resist single-narrative treatments.
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