- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- The Master Builder
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Robert Moses was born on December 18, 1888 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on July 29, 1981 in West Islip, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Once held twelve jobs in New York city and state government simultaneously, running such agencies as the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and New York City Parks Department.
- Projects with which he was involved included Jones Beach and Lincoln Center.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 582-585. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
- In 2007 the exhibition "Robert Moses and the Modern City" spanned three NYC institutions: "Remaking the Metropolis" at the Museum of the City of New York, "The Road to Recreation" at the Queens Museum of Art and "Slum Clearance and the Superblock Solution" at Columbia University's Wallach Art Gallery.
- He loves the public, but not as people. -- Former Labor Secretary Frances Perkins
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