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Robert Moses

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Happy 75th Birthday, Henry Hudson Bridge!

    ​The double-decker Henry Hudson Bridge, which links Manhattan to the Bronx, is 75 today! Originally designed for a casual jaunt in and out of the suburbs, the bridge became a thoroughfare once commuters started moving north. The Riverdale Public Library is celebrating the bridge's dodrascenten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Ninth Body Found on Long Island Beach as Search for New York Serial Killer Continues

    ​Bones found today on Long Island may indicate a ninth victim of the serial killer terrorizing the area. Eight previous corpses were found along Jones and Gilgo Beach, four of which were identified as Craigslist prostitutes, while the rest, found in the past two weeks, have yet to be named. Ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    After 40 Years, Peace in LES's Seward Park; Middle East Is Next

    Cary Conover​ The first 2011 Nobel Peace Prize nomination goes to the Lower East Siders who hammered out Monday night's near-unanimous community board vote approving new housing for those five acres of weed-strewn parking lots sitting forlornly behind chain-link fences these past 40 years alon ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 5, 2011

    SING OUT, COMMISSIONER!

    It’s Robert Moses: the Musical

  • News

    September 15, 2010

    "Poor Man's Bermuda" in Staten Island? Not anymore

    For a century, 41 families have had a sweet deal on public land in Staten Island. But summer is finally over.

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Lucali's Mark Iacono May Possibly, Maybe, Someday Expand to Manhattan

    Michael Anstendig/Time Out New YorkMark Iacono on the right, Anthony Bourdain's #1 fan on the left.​Oh, those pizzaiolos, so unexpectedly reminiscent of Robert Moses in their hunger for expansion. Fresh on the heels of Mathieu Palombino's declaration that he'd like to open a version of Motorin ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2010

    Coney Island's Grand Past and Grim Future

    Requiem for a dreamland

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Maloof Money Brings NYC a Massive Skate Party, and a Free Park

    ​In a lonely corner of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, in the shadow of Philip Johnson's decaying New York State Pavilion, construction workers are filling the Astral Fountain with huge chunks of styrofoam, which will then be covered with concrete. Is styrofoam really a good idea as a building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Our 10 Best Restaurant Openings of 2009

    Saltie turned out some spectacular sandwiches in 2009. But did it make our top 10?​ ​ During the past couple of weeks, food publications have thrown our year's-end lists like so many cords of wood onto the fire. Now, it's our turn. We've decided to end the year with a shout-out to the 10 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Mary Perot Nichols Opens Her Parachute

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 6, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 12 Mrs. Nichols Leaves Voice, Joins City Mary Perot Nichols, an assistant editor of The Village Voice, will join the Lindsay administration on January 17 as press aide to Parks Commissioner Thomas P.F. Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Clip Job: Holy Moses! The Freeway that Wasn't

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 28, 1965, Vol. X, No. 15Last Exit to ManhattanBy David GurinTen smooth lanes of elevated concrete and steel are proposed to entomb old Broome Street for its final sacrifice as the connecting link between the Holland Tunnel and the Will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Clip Job: A Victory for Washington Square, Koch, and the Voice

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesSeptember 5, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 4611-Year Fight Ends: No More Buses in Washington SquareMayor Robert F. Wagner entered the local political fray Monday when he hailed Edward I. Koch and Carol Greitzer, Village Independent Democratic Candidates f ... More >>

  • Theater

    May 20, 2009

    Les Freres Corbusier Give Old Hickory the Stick

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesSeptember 5, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 4611-Year Fight Ends: No More Buses in Washington SquareMayor Robert F. Wagner entered the local political fray Monday when he hailed Edward I. Koch and Carol Greitzer, Village Independent Democratic Candidates f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Clip Job: Holy Moses! An Expressway in Little Italy?

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 18, 2009

    The Bruce High Quality Foundation: 'Empire'

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • Theater

    December 3, 2008

    Les Freres Corbusier Concoct Dance Dance Revolution, An Odd (And Big!) New Show

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Clip Job: Hentoff on the Shaming of the New York TImes

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Holy Moses! City Development Liberals Can Love?

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2008

    What's For Dinner?

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Clip Job: Robert Moses & the Battle of Washington Square

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    Clip Job: The Voice Turns Three

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2008

    Clip Job: The Rape of Washington Square

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    Not Everyone is Sad to See Doctoroff Go

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 30, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 45The Fight for Little ItalyBy Stephanie GervisNot since home and motherhood has there been a cause like the fight against the Lower Manhattan (Broome Street) Expressway.It's everybody's fight. Politicians like Stat ... More >>

  • News

    December 4, 2007

    A Fool's Gold

    Doctoroff's legacy: no Olympic Medal, no Ground Zero mettle

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2007

    Parks Department Seizes Bikes--That's Not Green!

    Doctoroff's legacy: no Olympic Medal, no Ground Zero mettle

  • Art

    May 1, 2007

    Squat Fuzz

    Nate Lowman and Adam McEwen try bringing 'Underdog' to the rescue

  • NYC Life

    April 3, 2007

    Coney Island's Last Ride? The Bulldozer!

    Behind the scenes, a scary game of chicken between the city and a developer who dreams of high-rise condos that won't amuse you

  • News

    March 13, 2007

    All Wet

    Bloomberg's man Dan Doctoroff has an answer for rising seas: more coastal condos!

  • Art

    February 27, 2007

    The Tower of Positive Thinking

    Architects color the skyscraper green

  • News

    December 26, 2006

    Kick Out the Jams

    Will a toll booth at the corner of 60th and Fifth solve midtown's traffic nightmare?

  • NYC Life

    July 25, 2006

    BAM Goes the Neighborhood

    While Atlantic Yards grabs the headlines, an art attack quietly transforms downtown Brooklyn

  • Dance

    July 18, 2006

    Investigating Race

    San Francisco Company brings ghosts out of the closet

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2005

    New Development Battle in Harlem

    San Francisco Company brings ghosts out of the closet

  • NYC Life

    June 21, 2005

    Scary Ride at Coney Island

    Extreme makeover not amusing to everybody in the amusement district

  • NYC Life

    May 17, 2005

    Good, Gracious

    Two weeks after he passed, this tornado went right through the barn

  • Theater

    February 15, 2005

    In Les Freres Corbusier's New Musical, Robert Moses Takes On Old Combatants

    Two weeks after he passed, this tornado went right through the barn

  • Dance

    September 28, 2004

    Dance

    Two weeks after he passed, this tornado went right through the barn

  • News

    August 17, 2004

    Rebel Yells

    Lost highway: The road to destruction

  • NYC Life

    December 30, 2003

    Swimming

    Wet Dreams

  • Film

    October 28, 2003

    Election-Week Docs Profile Anti-Globalist Cleric, Deliver Civics Lesson

    Wet Dreams

  • NYC Life

    December 3, 2002

    Close-Up on Red Hook

    Wet Dreams

  • News

    October 22, 2002

    Event Horizon

    What Would it Cost the City to Host the Olympics in 2012?

  • News

    July 16, 2002

    War of the Gardeners

    Bugging Out Over Green Spaces

  • News

    January 1, 2002

    Giuliani = La Guardia? NOT!

    How Rudy Stacks Up Against His Hero

  • Film

    August 7, 2001

    Rogue Cops and Bad Lieutenants

    How Rudy Stacks Up Against His Hero

  • NYC Life

    March 27, 2001

    One-Bedroom Co-Op in 1950s East River Housing

    How Rudy Stacks Up Against His Hero

  • Long Island Voice

    August 24, 1999

    The Darkies

    How Rudy Stacks Up Against His Hero

  • NYC Life

    March 2, 1999

    Signing Bonus

    Studio In Limited-Profit Co-Op High-Rise

  • News

    February 9, 1999

    West Village, R.I.P.

    Developers target a legendary neighborhood's last open spaces

  • NYC Life

    October 13, 1998

    Soho Resurgent

    Stores and rumors of stores

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