Finally found a great spot for this, "The Power Broker" courtesy of the incredible #berniekaminski. If you don't know his work, check it out. #robertcaro

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If you're a #RobertCaro nerd like me, today's #Wordle is our moment.

Mark Rutte heeft mij ook iets goeds gebracht. Dat Mark Rutte mij nog eens iets zou brengen waar ik hem oprecht dankbaar voor ben, had ik niet voorzien.

Door het lezen van Robert Caro ben ik niet alleen Rutte maar vooral ook Amerika beter gaan begrijpen.
#RobertCaro #LBJ

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Cristoforo Colombo (1451), John Adams (1735), Grigory Potemkin (1739), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Roscoe Conkling (1829), Alfred Sisley (1830), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Ezra Pound (1885), #RobertCaro (1935), Diego Maradona (1960) & Ivanka Trump (1981) were born #OnThisDay...

#ConstitutionDay

Last year, #99PI had the fantastic breakdown of #ThePowerBroker (by #RobertCaro).

This year, they are tackling the #USConstitution!!

Listen and learn!!

My reading project for the year is Robert Caro’s The Power Broker. Lots of lessons for city planning; this one seems particularly relevant for #Ottawa. Raising fares discourages people from taking transit. #otttransit #octranspo #autowa #RobertMoses #RobertCaro

Screenshot of article from Smithsonian Magazine entitled, “Rifling Through the Archives With Legendary Historian Robert Caro.” From March of 2025.

“Rifling Through the Archives With Legendary Historian #RobertCaro”

From #SmithsonianMag (March 2025): www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rifl...

#ThePowerBroker
#TheYearsOfLyndonJohnson

"It's about Lyndon Johnson!" - ROBERT CARO, Roman, Elliott, and Robert Caro: Live in Conversation, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #LyndonBainesJohnsonDay #RobertCaro

When in #NYC, next to the #MuseumOfNatural#History is #TheNewYorkHistorical. Lots of interesting exhibits, particularly the #TiffanyLamps. And, #RobertMoses #biographer, #RobertCaro, who lives nearby, often speaks here. #tourism #travel

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I tracked down a letter to the editor in the #NYT from October 22, 1945, in which a certain Lester Waterbury proposes eliminating all private cars from Manhattan AND replacing them with a fleet of electric taxis. That would be a city! #nytransit #congestionpricing #robertcaro #nyc #urbanplanning

Gotta give credit to Gene Gleason and Fred Cook at the World Telegram too. Their stories were even better researched and critical of Moses than those at the Post.

#thepowerbroker #robertmoses #robertcaro

It’s crazy that the NY Post was the only NYC paper doing actual journalism in the 1950s.

#thepowerbroker #robertmoses #robertcaro

I'm working my way up to reading Robert A. Caro's LBJ biographies by starting here

#lbj #robertcaro #theyearsoflyndonjohnson #americanhistory

Rifling Through the Archives With Legendary Historian Robert Caro Reams of papers, revealing how the scholar came to write his iconic biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson, are preserved forever in New York. But his work is far from over

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rifl... #robertcaro #lbj #lyndonjohnson #smithsonian @smithsonianmag.bsky.social I just caught wind of this article. The wait for Volume 5 is excruciating.

Making a second attempt (Thank you, @nyhistory.bsky.social!) 📚 #robertcaro #thepowerbroker (What would Robert Moses think of #congestionpricing?)

The way Robert Caro writes is just so engaging- currently reading “The Years of Lyndon Johnson ⭐️ The Path to Power #RobertCaro

From the home library of Robert Caro. #interiordesign #robertcaro

"Unchecked power is a terrible thing!" - ROBERT CARO, The Power Broker #12: Robert Caro, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #RobertCaro

My year is already feeling bereft of the Power Broker - and the feeling of being part of a massive and passionate book club. I will definitely be returning to the book and the @99pi.org breakdown - thanks for introducing me to the writing of #robertcaro

Robert Caro’s writing process!! #RobertCaro #writingNewYork

"Al Smith was the governor of New York!" - ROBERT CARO, Roman, Elliott, and Robert Caro: Live in Conversation, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalSmithDay #RobertCaro

Illustration of grid lines and road lines with The Power Broker logo on top.

Listening to the final Power Broker podcast on @99pi.org which means I FINISHED reading this book.

Can't believe I did it!!!! Thank you 99% Invisible for making this possible.
#thepowerbroker #bookclub #robertmoses #robertcaro

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 4

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Writingcommunity
#RobertMoses
#RobertCaro
#UrbanStudies
#Politics

Robert Caro on power

Cristoforo Colombo (1451), John Adams (1735), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), André Chénier (1762), Roscoe Conkling (1829), Alfred Sisley (1830), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), #RobertCaro (1935), Diego Maradona (1960) & Ivanka Trump (1981) were born #OnThisDay...

On the 50th birthday of The #Power Broker by #RobertCaro

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Robert Caro Reflects on ‘The Power Broker’ and Its Legacy at 50 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.

#RobertCaro Reflects on ‘The Power Broker’ and Its Legacy at 50.

@nytimes.com Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/b...

Hitting The Links: 7/7/24 This one's got our bug-out to Toronto & life on the islands, + a ton of links and some other ruminations.

New linky email! Come to Ward's Island in Toronto, take in some links by/re #RobertCaro, #NickCave, #NormanMaclean, #BillyJoel, & more! GO READ: buttondown.email/vmspod/archi...