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Robert Moses - Highlights

Robert Moses: Exemplary Visionary and Achiever, but also Role Model for Lessons to be learned in terms of Change in Organizations. Robert Moses - Highlights. Born December 18, 1888, Died 1981 BA from Yale (1909), BA and MA from Oxford (1911), PhD from Columbia (1914)

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Robert Moses - Highlights

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  1. Robert Moses:Exemplary Visionary and Achiever, but also Role Model for Lessons to be learned in terms of Change in Organizations

  2. Robert Moses - Highlights • Born December 18, 1888, Died 1981 • BA from Yale (1909), BA and MA from Oxford (1911), PhD from Columbia (1914) • Started public career in 1913. Served as:Chairman of the State Council of Parks and President of Long Island Park Commission (1924-1963), Chairman of the Jones Beach State Parkway Authority and of the Bethpage Park Authority (1933-1963), New York City Park Commissioner (1934-1960), Chairman Triborough Bridge Authority (1934-1960), Chairman of the consolidated Triborough Bridge Authority and New York City Tunnel Authority (1946-1968), Chairman of New York Power Authority (1954-1963). • Also served public as:New York’s Secretary of State (1927-1937), Republican candidate for governor (1934), Sole member of Henry Hudson Parkway Authority (1934-1938), Executive Officer of the New York City World’s Fair Commission (1936-1940), President of New York City World’s Fair Commission (1960-1967), while serving on the New York City Planning Commission,As well as:Chairing a slum clearance committee, co-ordinating arterial projects and being a member of a city-wide transportation council and being Director of the Lincoln Center of Performing Arts (1960s). • At the same time, he worked as:a consultant to numerous governmental agencies and private industry, gave speeches, wrote books, was a lecturer and served on the Board of Trustees of Hofstra College. • He also received countless awards & medals, was an honorary member of many organisations and an active participant in more of these than would seem possible given the scope of his commitments.

  3. Robert Moses - Accomplishments • BA from Yale (1909), BA and MA from Oxford (1911), PhD from Columbia (1914) • Started public career in 1913. Served as:Chairman of the State Council of Parks and President of Long Island Park Commission (1924-1963), Chairman of the Jones Beach State Parkway Authority and of the Bethpage Park Authority (1933-1963), New York City Park Commissioner (1934-1960), Chairman Triborough Bridge Authority (1934-1960), Chairman of the consolidated Triborough Bridge Authority and New York City Tunnel Authority (1946-1968), Chairman of New York Power Authority (1954-1963). • Also served public as:New York’s Secretary of State (1927-1937), Republican candidate for governor (1934), Sole member of Henry Hudson Parkway Authority (1934-1938), Executive Officer of the New York City World’s Fair Commission (1936-1940), President of New York City World’s Fair Commission (1960-1967), while serving on the New York City Planning Commission,As well as:Chairing a slum clearance committee, co-ordinating arterial projects and being a member of a city-wide transportation council and being Director of the Lincoln Center of Performing Arts (1960s). • At the same time, he worked as:a consultant to numerous governmental agencies and private industry, gave speeches, wrote books, was a lecturer and served on the Board of Trustees of Hofstra College. • He also received countless awards & medals, was an honorary member of many organisations and an active participant in more of these than would seem possible given the scope of his commitments.

  4. Roadways on Long Island Interborough Parkway, 1935 Cross Island Parkway, 1940 Van Wyck Expressway, 1950 Clearview Expressway, 1963 Gowanus Expressway, 1964 Southern State Parkway, 1927 Northern State Parkway, 1930s-1952 Long Island Expressway, 1940 Robert Moses Parkway, 1954 Seaford-Oyster-Bay Expressway, 1969 Grand Central Parkway, 1936 Shore Parkway (Belt), 1941 Prospect Expressway, 1955 Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1964 Whitestone Expressway, 1972 Wantagh State Parkway, 1929 Sagtikos State Parkway, 1952 Sunken Meadow Parkway, 1952 L. I. Expressway to Riverhead, 1972 The Legacy of Robert Moses • Other Roadways • West Side Highway, 1937 • Hutchinson River Parkway, 1941 • F.D.R. Drive, 1954 • Major Deegan Expressway, 1961 • Harlem River Drive, 1962 • Henry Hudson Parkway, 1938 • Bronx River Parkway, 1951 • Bruckner Expressway, 1961 • Cross Bronx Expressway, 1963 • Robert Moses Expressway, Niagara River, 1964 • Bridges and Tunnels • Henry Hudson, 1936 • Marine Parkway, 1937 • Whitestone, 1939 • Brooklyn Battery, 1950 • Verrazano Narrows, 1964 • Triborough, 1936 • Cross Bay, 1939 • Queens Midtown, 1949 • Throgs Neck, 1961 • Robert Moses Causeway, 1964 • NY City Parks in Brooklyn & Queens • Alley Pond, 1935 • Brookville, 1964 • Corona • Dyker Beach • Jacob Riis • Marine, 1936 • Rockaway • Astoria, 1936 • Corlears Hook, 1939 • Cunningham • Forest • Juniper Valley, 1937 • Owl’s Head, 1937 • Spring Creek • New York City Housing • Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village, 1964 • Rochdale Village, 1964 • Fresh Meadows, 1947 • Cadman Plaza, 1967 • Co-op City, 1968 • State Parks in Nassau & Suffolk • Heckscher State, 1924 • Montauk Point, 1924 • Valley Stream, 1925 • Belmont Lake, 1926 • Gilgo Beach, 1928 • Captree, 1930 • Connetquot, 1963 • Hither Hills, 1924 • Wildwood, 1925 • Sunken Meadow, 1926 • Jones Beach, 1929 • Caumsett, 1961 • Robert Moses, 1964 • Power Projects • Robert Moses Power Plant, • St. Lawrence River, 1959 • Robert Moses Power Plant, • Niagara River, 1962 • Buildings • United Nations, 1952 • Lincoln Center, 1962 • World’s Fair, 1964 • New York Coliseum, 1956 • Shea Stadium, 1964 Editor’s Note: Since Moses lost power in 1968, NY City has built no new bridges, no new highways, virtually no new public housing projects, no performing arts centers, and no new beaches. Its parks have deteriorated and its infrastructure is crumbling.... Source: Robert Moses Single Minded Genius, Long Island Studies, Joann P. Krieg, 1989

  5. Robert Moses - The RiseProcess Diagram Developers Vision Titles /Awards POWER Systems Thinking Resources Parks Government Support Roads Public Support Society Good Media(Newspapers)

  6. Robert Moses - The FallProcess Diagram Vision No Developers No Titles /Awards Power Systems Thinking No Resources No Parks No Govt. Support No Roads No Public Support Society “Good” Negative Media(Newspapers)

  7. Robert Moses -Organizational Flow of Power Moses Other Public Government

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