Robert Moses: Exemplary Visionary and Achiever, but also Role Model for Lessons to be learned in terms of Change in Organizations

Robert Moses - Highlights Born December 18, 1888, Died 1981 BA from Yale (1909), BA and MA from Oxford (1911), PhD from Columbia (1914) Started public career in Served as: Chairman of the State Council of Parks and President of Long Island Park Commission ( ), Chairman of the Jones Beach State Parkway Authority and of the Bethpage Park Authority ( ), New York City Park Commissioner ( ), Chairman Triborough Bridge Authority ( ), Chairman of the consolidated Triborough Bridge Authority and New York City Tunnel Authority ( ), Chairman of New York Power Authority ( ). Also served public as: New York’s Secretary of State ( ), Republican candidate for governor (1934), Sole member of Henry Hudson Parkway Authority ( ), Executive Officer of the New York City World’s Fair Commission ( ), President of New York City World’s Fair Commission ( ), while serving on the New York City Planning Commission, As well as: Chairing a slum clearance committee, co-ordinating arterial projects and being a member of a city-wide transportation council and being Director of the Lincoln Center of Performing Arts (1960s). At the same time, he worked as: a consultant to numerous governmental agencies and private industry, gave speeches, wrote books, was a lecturer and served on the Board of Trustees of Hofstra College. He also received countless awards & medals, was an honorary member of many organisations and an active participant in more of these than would seem possible given the scope of his commitments.

Robert Moses - Accomplishments BA from Yale (1909), BA and MA from Oxford (1911), PhD from Columbia (1914) Started public career in Served as: Chairman of the State Council of Parks and President of Long Island Park Commission ( ), Chairman of the Jones Beach State Parkway Authority and of the Bethpage Park Authority ( ), New York City Park Commissioner ( ), Chairman Triborough Bridge Authority ( ), Chairman of the consolidated Triborough Bridge Authority and New York City Tunnel Authority ( ), Chairman of New York Power Authority ( ). Also served public as: New York’s Secretary of State ( ), Republican candidate for governor (1934), Sole member of Henry Hudson Parkway Authority ( ), Executive Officer of the New York City World’s Fair Commission ( ), President of New York City World’s Fair Commission ( ), while serving on the New York City Planning Commission, As well as: Chairing a slum clearance committee, co-ordinating arterial projects and being a member of a city-wide transportation council and being Director of the Lincoln Center of Performing Arts (1960s). At the same time, he worked as: a consultant to numerous governmental agencies and private industry, gave speeches, wrote books, was a lecturer and served on the Board of Trustees of Hofstra College. He also received countless awards & medals, was an honorary member of many organisations and an active participant in more of these than would seem possible given the scope of his commitments.

The Legacy of Robert Moses Roadways on Long Island Interborough Parkway, 1935 Cross Island Parkway, 1940 Van Wyck Expressway, 1950 Clearview Expressway, 1963 Gowanus Expressway, 1964 Southern State Parkway, 1927 Northern State Parkway, 1930s-1952 Long Island Expressway, 1940 Robert Moses Parkway, 1954 Seaford-Oyster-Bay Expressway, 1969 Grand Central Parkway, 1936 Shore Parkway (Belt), 1941 Prospect Expressway, 1955 Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1964 Whitestone Expressway, 1972 Wantagh State Parkway, 1929 Sagtikos State Parkway, 1952 Sunken Meadow Parkway, 1952 L. I. Expressway to Riverhead, 1972 Other Roadways West Side Highway, 1937 Hutchinson River Parkway, 1941 F.D.R. Drive, 1954 Major Deegan Expressway, 1961 Harlem River Drive, 1962 Henry Hudson Parkway, 1938 Bronx River Parkway, 1951 Bruckner Expressway, 1961 Cross Bronx Expressway, 1963 Robert Moses Expressway, Niagara River, 1964 Bridges and Tunnels Henry Hudson, 1936 Marine Parkway, 1937 Whitestone, 1939 Brooklyn Battery, 1950 Verrazano Narrows, 1964 Triborough, 1936 Cross Bay, 1939 Queens Midtown, 1949 Throgs Neck, 1961 Robert Moses Causeway, 1964 Power Projects Robert Moses Power Plant, St. Lawrence River, 1959 Robert Moses Power Plant, Niagara River, 1962 Buildings United Nations, 1952 Lincoln Center, 1962 World’s Fair, 1964 New York Coliseum, 1956 Shea Stadium, 1964 New York City Housing Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village, 1964 Rochdale Village, 1964 Fresh Meadows, 1947 Cadman Plaza, 1967 Co-op City, 1968 NY City Parks in Brooklyn & Queens Alley Pond, 1935 Brookville, 1964 Corona Dyker Beach Jacob Riis Marine, 1936 Rockaway Astoria, 1936 Corlears Hook, 1939 Cunningham Forest Juniper Valley, 1937 Owl’s Head, 1937 Spring Creek State Parks in Nassau & Suffolk Heckscher State, 1924 Montauk Point, 1924 Valley Stream, 1925 Belmont Lake, 1926 Gilgo Beach, 1928 Captree, 1930 Connetquot, 1963 Hither Hills, 1924 Wildwood, 1925 Sunken Meadow, 1926 Jones Beach, 1929 Caumsett, 1961 Robert Moses, 1964 Source: Robert Moses Single Minded Genius, Long Island Studies, Joann P. Krieg, 1989 Editor’s Note: Since Moses lost power in 1968, NY City has built no new bridges, no new highways, virtually no new public housing projects, no performing arts centers, and no new beaches. Its parks have deteriorated and its infrastructure is crumbling....

Robert Moses - The Rise Process Diagram POWER Developers Titles / Awards Resources Parks Roads Society Good Media (Newspapers) Public Support Government Support Systems Thinking Vision

Robert Moses - The Fall Process Diagram No Public Support No Govt. Support No Developers No Titles / Awards No Resources No Parks No Roads Society “Good” Negative Media (Newspapers) Vision Systems Thinking Power

Robert Moses - Organizational Flow of Power MosesOther Public Government