A new generation is reading Robert Caro’s classic biography — sometimes aloud on social media — for its insights about how (and how not) to plan cities.

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.

Selected by Frank H. McCourt, Jr., the author of “Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age.” ...

Culture When Robert Moses laid waste to the Jewish Bronx, was he trying to obliterate his Jewish heritage? A new exhibit about Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’ sheds new light on New York ...

The epic of Gilgamesh and TheFive Books of Moses, aka Torah ("teachings," "instruction"), aka the Pentateuch ("five books" in Greek), are among the oldest works of recorded literature. Indeed ...

WHAT TO KNOW “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.

Although there are thousands of books set in New York City, just one definitively lays out how the modern city was shaped: “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” by Robert ...

Thanks to a celebrated book, we know all about Robert Moses’ dictatorial misdeeds in New York City. But the truth is that many of his worst visions were being realized in cities across the country.

What are you reading now? The book I am reading now is “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt,” by Edmund Morris, which is part of a trilogy on Roosevelt.

The Power Broker, Robert Caro’s book about New York City’s master builder, Robert Moses, turned 50 in 2024. Caro’s compelling tale of untrammeled, corrupted power wielded by one man over decades seems ...

“Straight Line Crazy,” the British playwright’s portrait of the tsarist urban planner, scrupulously declines to portray Moses as blinkered and corrupt.

Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’ is turning 50. The final Lyndon B. Johnson book is almost — well, he won’t say exactly, but he’s trying for 900 words a day.