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MOSES: If you try to please everybody, you're not going to accomplish anything. That must be people that are inconvenienced or call it what you will...on the old theory that you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs.

REPORTER: That's the voice of legendary city Parks Commissioner Robert Moses. To some, he was an urban design visionary. To others, he was an authoritarian city official who destroyed some of New York's neighborhoods. Three major exhibits around the city are taking a fresh look at Moses' legacy. Paul Goldberger is the architecture critic for The New Yorker Magazine. He says the time is right for a re-evaluation.

GOLDBERGER: Today when we are once again think in terms of big projects and seem to believe in them, which we didn't for awhile, it's worth looking again at the one person who was consistently successful in getting them built.

REPORTER: Taking part in the Moses retrospective are Columbia University, the Museum of the City of New York and the Queens Museum of Art. And, to hear the full story, tune into the Brian Lehrer Show this morning. Brian will devote a full hour to exploring the legacy of Robert Moses. That's this morning at 10 on 93.9 and AM 820, WNYC.