This is all thoroughly chronicled in Robert Caro’s The Power Broker, a huge work of non-fiction in both its depth of research and its length — around 1,200 pages. The Robert Moses comic book ...

“The Power Broker,” the acclaimed book about master builder Robert Moses and his impact on New York City, Long Island and the rest of the state was published 50 years ago this month.

Caro’s book on Robert Moses, a city planner who reshaped New York, is also a reflection on “the dangers of unchecked power,” and remains more resonant and relevant than ever.

Without the book, few people today would have heard of Moses. Caro painted a picture of an unlovely and imperious man whose policies and projects, in the author’s view, destroyed New York City.

Jane Jacobs vs. Robert Moses. By John King, Urban Design Critic July 28, 2009. ... Now there's a book that shows how these mythic characters shaped each other's work and reputations ...

Now, the 88-year old Caro and his book are being honored at the New York Historical Society (NYHS) with the recently opened exhibit on its ground floor, Robert Caro’s The Power Broker at 50.

The story: Robert Moses ordered engineers to build the Southern State Parkway’s bridges extra-low, to prevent poor people in buses from using the highway. The truth? It’s a little more complex.