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Robert Moses
Robert Moses
(December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was a city planner who worked mainly in the
New York metropolitan area
. Known as the "master builder" of mid-20th century
New York City
,
Long Island
,
Rockland County
, and
Westchester County
, he is sometimes compared to
Baron Haussmann
of
Second Empire
Paris, and was arguably one of the most
polarizing
figures in the history of
urban planning
in the United States. His decisions favoring highways over
public transit
helped create the modern suburbs of Long Island and influenced a generation of
engineers
,
architects
, and
urban planners
who spread his philosophies across the nation. One of his major contributions to urban planning was
New York State
's large
parkway
network.
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