Cars and Robert Moses Transform New York City | New York: A Documentary Film

Learn about the dramatic transformation of New York City and State spearheaded by the career of Robert Moses in this video from New York: A Documentary Film. Moses set about rebuilding the city to accommodate the emergence of the automobile, changing both the physical landscape and the local character of urban life. Students will learn about Moses’s impact and reflect on the tradeoffs between what was gained through his urban renewal programs and what was lost.