Robert Moses objected to “frills” in public housing. The killer detail appears in a footnote, and it’s all the more powerful for being set off thusly. From The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (1974):
Among “frills” Moses specifically objected to: covers on toilet bowls, doors on closets.Something I should have linked to some time ago: a website, Robert Caro, with reviews, interviews, and early journalism.
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