The Power Broker

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Name

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Author

Robert A. Caro

Year

1974

Genre

Political biography / urban history

Where it hits hardest

Any time your train gets re-routed and you remember one guy basically rearranged half the city on a planner’s ego trip.

My take

It’s a brick, sure, but once you’re in, every bridge and park feels like receipts on how power quietly retools a whole city.