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Re: A Transit Robert Moses Guy

Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Feb 10 18:58:40 2007, in response to Re: A Transit Robert Moses Guy, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Feb 10 18:41:27 2007.

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A few other pieces of trivia about Moses:
  • Heckscher State Park is called that because the only way Mr. Hecksher (a very influential man) would sell the land to Moses is if he named the park after him.
  • RM rented a boat in Wantagh and rowed to where Jones beach is now and drew all the plans for the whole beach, every building and road, on the back of an envelope, and the whole park was built according to those plans from that one boat trip.
  • RM got the idea for Hempstead Lake State Park from looking out the window of a LIRR train!!

*SOURCE: The Power Broker by Robert Caro.

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