SAVE THE ROBERT MOSES STATUE

The Issue

This petition is to SAVE THE ROBERT MOSES STATUE.

Moses was the one of greatest builders/engineers in N.Y. State history!

You made have heard about a current petition to remove his statue. All due to “low bridges”.The low-bridge story is a microbiography of Moses, a tragic hero who built for the ages, but for a narrowly construed public.

In 1927 the city was predominantly Italian Irish English, we know Robert Moses wasn’t being racist, because his plans were on the drawing board already... Just because the demographics changed while in the process ,this shouldn’t reflect on the man that designed the roads. Some people  today believe Robert Moses was trying to keep African-Americans from going to Long island beaches and parks ,this all happened once the project started years later shouldn’t reflect on someone who didn’t have a crystal ball.

Robert Moses is responsible for the following:

Interstate 78 in New York

Interstate 87 (New York)

New York State Route 135

Interstate 295 (New York)

Interstate 495 (New York)

Interstate 678

New York State Route 878

New York State Route 895

0–9

178th–179th Street Tunnels

1939 New York World's Fair

1964 New York World's Fair

A

Alexander Hamilton Bridge

Alley Pond Park

Astoria Park

B

Bay Parkway (Jones Beach)

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park

Beaver Island State Park

Belmont Lake State Park

Belt Parkway

Bethpage State Park

Bethpage State Parkway

Betsy Head Park

Bronx–Whitestone Bridge

Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel

Brooklyn–Queens Expressway

Bruckner Expressway

Buckhorn Island State Park

C

Captree State Park

Carl Schurz Park

Caumsett State Parkway

Central Park Zoo

Clove Lakes Park

Co-op City, Bronx

Connetquot River State Park Preserve

Cross Bronx Expressway

Cross County Parkway

Cross Island Parkway

Crotona Park

D

Downing Stadium

E

East River Greenway

East River Park

Edgemere Landfill

F

Flushing Fields

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park

Fort Greene Park

Fort Niagara State Park

Four Mile Creek State Park

G

Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree, New York

Gilgo, New York

Gowanus Expressway

Grafton Lakes State Park

Grand Central Parkway

H

Hamilton Fish Park Pool

Harlem River Drive

Heckscher State Park

Heckscher State Parkway

Hempstead Lake State Park

Henry Hudson Bridge

Henry Hudson Park

Henry Hudson Parkway

Highbridge Park

Hither Hills State Park

Hutchinson River Parkway

J

Jackie Robinson Park

Jacob Riis Park

Jones Beach State Park

Judge Moses Weinstein Playground

K

Kissena Park

L

Lincoln Center

Loop Parkway

M

Major Deegan Expressway

McCarren Park

Meadowbrook State Parkway

Montauk Point State Park

Mosholu Parkway

N

New York Coliseum

New York State Route 440

Niagara Falls State Park

Niagara Scenic Parkway

Northern State Parkway

Jones Beach Theater

O

Oak Beach–Captree, New York

Ocean Parkway (Long Island)

Orchard Beach (Bronx)

Orient Beach State Park

Outer Barrier

P

Palisades Interstate Parkway

Parkway Village (Queens)

Patterson Houses

Ponquogue Parkway

Prospect Expressway

Prospect Park Zoo

Q

Queens Zoo

R

Riverside Park (Manhattan)

Robert Moses Causeway

Robert Moses State Park (Long Island)

Robert Moses State Park (Thousand Islands)

Rockaway Beach, Queens

S

Sagtikos State Parkway

Sara Delano Roosevelt Park

Saratoga Spa State Park

Saw Mill River Parkway

Shea Stadium

Shore Front Parkway

Sound Shore Parkway

South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk

Southern State Parkway

Sprain Brook Parkway

Spring Creek Park

Staten Island Expressway

Staten Island Zoo

Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village

Sunken Meadow State Park

Sunken Meadow State Parkway

Sunset Park (Brooklyn park)

T

Tavern on the Green

Throgs Neck Bridge

Trans-Manhattan Expressway

Triborough Bridge

Turtle Playground (Queens)

V

Valley Stream State Park

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

Vleigh Playground

W

Wantagh State Parkway

Westbrook, Suffolk County, New York

Wildwood State Park

Willowbrook, Staten Island

Wollman Rink

Woodhaven and Cross Bay

 

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The Issue

This petition is to SAVE THE ROBERT MOSES STATUE.

Moses was the one of greatest builders/engineers in N.Y. State history!

You made have heard about a current petition to remove his statue. All due to “low bridges”.The low-bridge story is a microbiography of Moses, a tragic hero who built for the ages, but for a narrowly construed public.

In 1927 the city was predominantly Italian Irish English, we know Robert Moses wasn’t being racist, because his plans were on the drawing board already... Just because the demographics changed while in the process ,this shouldn’t reflect on the man that designed the roads. Some people  today believe Robert Moses was trying to keep African-Americans from going to Long island beaches and parks ,this all happened once the project started years later shouldn’t reflect on someone who didn’t have a crystal ball.

Robert Moses is responsible for the following:

Interstate 78 in New York

Interstate 87 (New York)

New York State Route 135

Interstate 295 (New York)

Interstate 495 (New York)

Interstate 678

New York State Route 878

New York State Route 895

0–9

178th–179th Street Tunnels

1939 New York World's Fair

1964 New York World's Fair

A

Alexander Hamilton Bridge

Alley Pond Park

Astoria Park

B

Bay Parkway (Jones Beach)

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park

Beaver Island State Park

Belmont Lake State Park

Belt Parkway

Bethpage State Park

Bethpage State Parkway

Betsy Head Park

Bronx–Whitestone Bridge

Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel

Brooklyn–Queens Expressway

Bruckner Expressway

Buckhorn Island State Park

C

Captree State Park

Carl Schurz Park

Caumsett State Parkway

Central Park Zoo

Clove Lakes Park

Co-op City, Bronx

Connetquot River State Park Preserve

Cross Bronx Expressway

Cross County Parkway

Cross Island Parkway

Crotona Park

D

Downing Stadium

E

East River Greenway

East River Park

Edgemere Landfill

F

Flushing Fields

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park

Fort Greene Park

Fort Niagara State Park

Four Mile Creek State Park

G

Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree, New York

Gilgo, New York

Gowanus Expressway

Grafton Lakes State Park

Grand Central Parkway

H

Hamilton Fish Park Pool

Harlem River Drive

Heckscher State Park

Heckscher State Parkway

Hempstead Lake State Park

Henry Hudson Bridge

Henry Hudson Park

Henry Hudson Parkway

Highbridge Park

Hither Hills State Park

Hutchinson River Parkway

J

Jackie Robinson Park

Jacob Riis Park

Jones Beach State Park

Judge Moses Weinstein Playground

K

Kissena Park

L

Lincoln Center

Loop Parkway

M

Major Deegan Expressway

McCarren Park

Meadowbrook State Parkway

Montauk Point State Park

Mosholu Parkway

N

New York Coliseum

New York State Route 440

Niagara Falls State Park

Niagara Scenic Parkway

Northern State Parkway

Jones Beach Theater

O

Oak Beach–Captree, New York

Ocean Parkway (Long Island)

Orchard Beach (Bronx)

Orient Beach State Park

Outer Barrier

P

Palisades Interstate Parkway

Parkway Village (Queens)

Patterson Houses

Ponquogue Parkway

Prospect Expressway

Prospect Park Zoo

Q

Queens Zoo

R

Riverside Park (Manhattan)

Robert Moses Causeway

Robert Moses State Park (Long Island)

Robert Moses State Park (Thousand Islands)

Rockaway Beach, Queens

S

Sagtikos State Parkway

Sara Delano Roosevelt Park

Saratoga Spa State Park

Saw Mill River Parkway

Shea Stadium

Shore Front Parkway

Sound Shore Parkway

South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk

Southern State Parkway

Sprain Brook Parkway

Spring Creek Park

Staten Island Expressway

Staten Island Zoo

Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village

Sunken Meadow State Park

Sunken Meadow State Parkway

Sunset Park (Brooklyn park)

T

Tavern on the Green

Throgs Neck Bridge

Trans-Manhattan Expressway

Triborough Bridge

Turtle Playground (Queens)

V

Valley Stream State Park

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

Vleigh Playground

W

Wantagh State Parkway

Westbrook, Suffolk County, New York

Wildwood State Park

Willowbrook, Staten Island

Wollman Rink

Woodhaven and Cross Bay

 

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Petition created on June 21, 2020