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Tag: Robert Moses
New York Daily News: Give Robert Moses His Due
The following op-ed was published in the July 29, 2019 edition of the New York Daily News. You can read the original version here. The power broker’s legacy is far more complex than most people now assume By Richard...
Read MoreQuick Hits: Thoughtful Growth in Kings Park, Gas Pipeline Woes, New LIRR Trains, and More
The following are quick hits of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and regional developmental issues that matter. For more, be sure to LIKE TFI on Facebook. NEED FOR THOUGHTFUL GROWTH IN KINGS PARK AND BEYOND...
Read MoreHuntington’s Headaches Over Islip’s Heartland Project Shows How Much Suffolk Planning Is Hurting
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on October 2nd, 2017. Something is rotten in the Town of Islip, and the stench seems to be wafting toward the neighboring Town of Huntington. What’s troubling is that Islip...
Read MoreDon’t Compare Wolkoff’s Heartland Mega-Project Approval With Progress on LIRR’s Third Track
The following was written exclusively for The Foggiest Idea, and published on July 24, 2017. Within the same week, two of the biggest and potentially most transformative development projects in Long Island history won key...
Read MoreHere’s A Big Idea For Long Island: Stop Thinking Small
The following was written for the Long Island Press on December 21, 2015. You can read the original here. There has been an awakening in Long Island’s developmental zeitgeist. Have you felt it? Suddenly it seems that regional...
Read MoreThe Power Broker at 40
Forty years ago this week, Robert A. Caro published his seminal masterwork “The Power Broker.“ The themes of true power and it’s inherent use as a means to an end, captured the public’s imagination. Moses’ “at all costs”...
Read MoreForward Thinking
One county sprang up in the shadows of old money estates and from the soils of the vacant plains, while the other saw a steady march of growth east across the pitch pine forests and rocky coastline. In the present day, it’s hard...
Read MoreRobert Moses: The Last Master Builder (From the Long Island Press, December 2013)
The following was written by Spencer Rumsey for the Long Island Press. The online version can be seen here. The one person who did more than any other human being to shape the future of Long Island was born in Connecticut on...
Read MoreThose Who Can, Build…Those Who Can’t, Criticize
The following was published by Times Beacon Record Media on September 26th, 2012.You can read the online piece here. The hamlets of Stony Brook and Setauket are not known for fostering a “town and gown” relationship...
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