Robert Moses

Commissioner Robert Moses speaks of building middle-income housing at the site of the soon to be abandoned Jamaica Race Track and move people from the "slums" to the new location. He expresses frustration with the owners of the racing track, who, he says, "think they are an independent agency".

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NYC Parks Commissioner Robert Moses speaks about water pollution and beaches, possibly "the most important problem" faced by the Parks Department at the time. The Department intends to solve the problem with a new water purification and sewer system; Commissioner Moses finds the idea of warning citizens of unsafe water ...

In a prepared speech, Robert Moses makes his case for a power dam at Niagara Falls, recounting his troubles and successes at the St. Lawrence Dam to illustrate his case.

Moses describes Father Hennepin seeing Niagara falls in 1678. He describes its history since, up to Grover Cleveland ...

Palisades Palisades Interstate Park Commission President George Perkins emcees the opening of a section of Palisades Parkway straddling the New York/New Jersey border. speakers will include former New Jersey Governor Alfred current New Jersey Governor Robert Meyner, New York Governor Averell Harriman, and Robert Moses.

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Fairfield Osborn, president of the New York Zoological Society, calls upon Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Brooklyn Borough President John Cashmore, and Commissioner of Parks Robert Moses to speak at the opening the New York Aquarium at Coney Island.. The program concludes with a ribbon cutting by a black-footed penguin named ...

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In this short speech, Robert Moses speaks to the Hotel Association. In describing his periodic visits to New York hotel bars and restaurants, Moses characterizes different types of hotel patrons. "I'm not one of those tired, overburdened top executives who drop in for a few 'quick ones' on the way ...

Of the 5th Avenue Association speech:

After President of the 5th Avenue Association John Wood doles out the 5th Avenue Association's Annual Architecture Awards, and an introduction from Grover Whalen, the guest of honor, Commissioner Robert Moses speaks.

In his Speech Moses kids the ...

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

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Municipal archives id: LT7458

Jinx Falkenburg, "star of radio and television," hosts the formal opening ceremony of the summer presentation of Showboat, a 1927 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, based on a book by Edna Ferber. According to the WNYC announcers, this is the first time a full size replica of ...

Hyperbole and more from WNYC's chief announcer Tommy 'the gift of gab' Cowan.

A building that has come and gone.

Robert Moses speaks about affordable housing at the Annual Dinner of the Building Trades Employers Association of the City of New York at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. William B. F. Drew, the association's president, opens the meeting and Peter W. Eller introduces Moses.

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At the Harlem Retail Market Dedication, Commissioner of the Department of Markets, Anthony Masciarelli, introduces several public officials who say a few words in support of the project and urban renewal in general. The Harlem Retail Market replaced an open air market frequented by pushcart vendors.

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Dedication of U.S Coast Guard memorial by Norman M. Thomas.

Three centuries of Jewish life in America marked.

In a a prepared statement, Robert Moses describes his Power Authority's plans for the St. Lawrence Valley area. He discusses the funding of the projects, the authority's relationship with ALCOA, the area's most predominant employer, seeking out other potential clients in the area, plans for the Iroquois Dam, and the ...

This recording marks the laying of the Cornerstone at the Brooklyn Welfare Center, planned as part of the larger Brooklyn Civic Center Redevelopment Plan. The speakers include: John Cashmore; Frederick Zurmuhlen; Robert Moses; Henry L. McCarthy, Frederick I. Daniels, Abe Stark, John Connorton. Connorton appears on behalf of Mayor Wagner, ...

The laying of the Cornerstone for the Coliseum, following the groundbreaking in April of 1954, and the opening in April of 1956.

Authority financing with special reference to New York State power authority, by Robert Moses.

An unknown speaker introduces the program and the organization's reason for existing. The Municipal Forum is a groups interested in Municipal Finance. He talks about their financing fo public works that might not have ...