Robert Caro has gone on to greater national fame with his (still in the works) biographies of Lyndon Johnson. But in the New York area, particularly, he is renowned for his work, The Power Broker, about local planning czar Robert Moses. It is the 50th anniversary of the publication of that Pulitzer Prize-winning book, whichContinue reading “50 Years On, Is Caro’s Word on Robert Moses To Be the Last?”
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Hampton Jitney’s Tale Is LIRR’s Shame
The East Hampton Star this week adds to the 50-year commemorations of seminal events on the East End of Long Island in the early 1970s, when its transition to being a weekend and warm-weather retreat for ordinary (but affluent) New Yorkers kicked in. This short article’s focus is the Hampton Jitney, the preferred connection forContinue reading “Hampton Jitney’s Tale Is LIRR’s Shame”
Tim W. Ferguson 