Robert A. Caro

Robert A. Caro writes about life on a Presidential paper trail.

Part 4 of Robert A. Caro’s 1974 report: He warped New York’s democratic processes in order to achieve his own vision. What sort of city did he leave behind?

Part 3 of Robert A. Caro’s 1974 report: By the nineteen-fifties, Moses had total dominion over New York City’s housing, parks, and transportation. How did an unelected official gain so much control?

Part 2 of Robert A. Caro’s 1974 report: To give New York City residents public beaches, Moses reappropriated dunes and woodlands to the east. Then he faced down the wealthy golfers who lived there.

Robert A. Caro on how an idealistic urban planner discovered that decisions about the city’s future would not be based on democracy. They would be based on power.