Robert Moses

Vincent R. Impellitteri discusses parking and expressways with master builder Robert Moses. Moses talks about the difficulties providing parking and arterial highways and the necessity for public authorities to oversee and enforce the process. He mentions the introduction of parking meters as a means of funding.
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Vincent Impellitteri, James Lyons, Thomas E. Dewey, and Robert Moses open the Bronx River Parkway, the first of three major New York City expressways opening that day throughout New York. Moses stresses the increased difficulties in building such expressways, while Governor Dewey notes the importance of the new expressways for ...

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Robert Moses: Our water has gotten away from us; cites a trip to Sao Paulo, where no treatment plants exist. Was told by the health commissioner that the beaches were making ...

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Groundbreaking for a 12 acre conservation exhibit. Speakers include Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. president of the New York Zoological Society.

Bronx Zoological Park.
Acre Conservatory exhibit; ground ...

The host of this news story describes the scene at the White House as President Harry S. Truman and eight other members of government sign a joint resolution for an interest-free $65 Million Loan for the construction of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

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Dedication of the Walt Whitman statue by Jo Davidson at the bear Mountain-Harriman State Park.

Begins abruptly. Myron H Avery, chairman of the Appalachian Trail Conference speaks.