‘The Power Author: Robert Caro, Robert Moses, and the “Fall” of New York’

Via vanshnookenraggen, a very interesting reconsideration of The Power Broker, and the comparative power of Robert Moses and Robert Caro by Jason M. Barr:

Yet, whereas Moses, the man, was in power until the early 1960s, Caro’s portrait of Moses has been “in power” since 1974. He hovers as a living ghost that haunts New York and holds vast influence, perhaps more so than the flesh-and-blood version ever did.

I forgot to put on my status list that I hope to actually crack that book (and the related podcast) this month.