triborough bridge and tunnel authority (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Staplebound softcover, light shelfwear to covers. Contents clean and tight. 48 pages, color and b&w photos and illus.

Map. Condition: Very good. Map - single sheet, double-sided, folded into 12 panels. Corners lightly worn and small tears on folds. Information on sights of interest in the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and Richmond (Staten Island) with map showing bridges and tunnels connecting New York City boroughs. Color illustrations and photographs. (Folded - 8-1/2"x4"; unfolded - 17"x24").

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. First. [New York]: Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority; August, 1964. Photo negative nos.788-69--790-69, 792-69--797-69, 799-69--801-69; January 1969 (some photos undated). Oblong quarto (8 1/2" x 11", 216mm x 279mm): pp. 28. Photographs 8" x 10". Bound in stapled printed white card wraps. Tanning to the peripheries of the wraps, and a little rubbing to the edges. Photographs a bit curled. Robert Moses (1888-1981) was the planning Czar of New York for much of the twentieth century. He held many titles, inter alia: Parks Commissioner (1934-1960), Planning Commissioner (1942-1960) and Chairman of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (1934-1981), in which capacity he wrote the present essay. Written, the blurb at the beginning attests, "as a result of a causal conversation between Robert Moses, former Parks Commissioner, and Newbold Morris, present Parks Commissioner." Whatever the circumstances, the essay is a nice piece of reputation-burnishing for Moses: an account of acres of new land added during Moses's tenure. Spoiler: Moses puts the figure at 15,000 acres acquired or created. The publication is redolent of proto-Vignelli typography, with columns separated by thin crenellated borders and sans-serif legends. Put down The Power Broker; this will take you all of 15 minutes to read, and it's a first-hand piece of hagiography. Included is a suite of relevant aerial photographs from a few years later, illustrating the state of the waterfront, some of which was built up by Moses.