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When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax.
Robert Moses
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Robert Moses
Age: 92 †
Born: 1888
Born: December 18
Died: 1981
Died: July 2
Architect
Engineer
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Urban Planner
New Haven
Connecticut
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