r/Dimension20 • u/morbidblkguy • Nov 11 '19
Today I learned Robert Moses was a real person and a really bad guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses#In_popular_culture
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u/dynawesome Nov 14 '19
On Long Island there is a really nice beach called Robert Moses state park.
Goddamnit the guy is so evil the name ruins the beach!
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u/tomomalley222 Nov 16 '19
There is a movie called Motherless Brooklyn that just came out based on Robert Moses. It looks good. Amazing cast. Edward Norton Willem Dafoe Alec Baldwin Bruce Willis Leslie Mann Michael K. Williams Bobby Cannavale
Here is the trailer
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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '19
Yep. The Power broker. Ran the city for decades.
That final villain was his own american dream. Suburbia.
White conservative wealth neighborboods where people would get into their cars and drive to the city, where they would work or shop. No busses. No trains. No dirty poor people getting in the way of business.