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TIL NYC’s Triborough (RKF) Bridge’s Manhattan terminus was routed 25 extra blocks uptown so William Randolph Hearst could sell unwanted land to the city
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This article is about Robert Moses and his power. Growing up on Long Island, I never gave the Robert Moses Parkway much thought – now, I want to know more about this man. Great post OP thanks!
This is discussed at length in Robert Caro’s famous biography of Moses *The Power Broker* (chapter 20), and a paywalled NYT blog post titled “The Imperishable Presence of Citizen Hearst.”