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Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Moses and the Giants

A panel discussion moderated by Kenneth T. Jackson and featuring the authors of three papers:

    • Jameson W. Doig, The Port Authority's Austin Tobin: How to Outmaneuver and Defeat Robert Moses
    • Lizabeth Cohen, Edward J. Logue and the Politics of Urban Redevelopment in Postwar America
    • Duane Tananbaum, Allies and Adversaries: Herbert Lehman and Robert Moses

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