So I’m reading The Power Broker right now, which is simultaneously a story about Robert Moses’ rise to/fall from power, and also just generally about how NYC transformed throughout 1910 to 1970 or so.
I’m enjoying it a lot so far, and am already hoping to find a “sequel” book of sorts, this one about how NYC continued to evolve from Moses’ fall to the modern-day. The closest thing I can find to this is Thomas Dyja’s “New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Innovation.”
However, it’s still gonna be at least a month before I finish The Power Broker, so I have plenty of time to decide what I’ll read next. Dyja’s book looks promising, but I’m keeping my options open. If there’s another big epic book about NYC in the 70s-through-modern day, let me know! I know there is no modern equivalent to Moses, but I would like a book that teaches me about NYC through the careers of one (or maybe 2-3) big figures.
by bluerose297