I gradually came to understand that because [Robert Moses] had done this thing, that no one else had ever done, gotten all this power without being elected, if I could find out how he did it and explain how he did it, I would be explaining something that no one else understood and I thought they really should understand, which is, how does power really work in cities? Not what we’re taught in textbooks, but what’s the raw, bottom, naked essence of real power?
Tag: New York
Robert Caro Wonders What New York Is Going To Become
Life Atop Ground Zero
The new World Trade Center is the embodiment of New York City as the fantasy it has always projected, a constantly refurbished dream of America. In this place, images can change, but names are always waiting to be remembered.
JFK to PDX
Flew back to Portland last night after a quick trip to New York.
Landing in NYC
Snapped this while flying in to NYC on Thursday night. Been having a blast at Theorizing the Web.