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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I daresay he failed to lead by example, and failed to have a frills-free house.
I wonder if he had a wife to smooth his rough edges. Although in those days one needed a wife to be a credible public figure, still, I wonder.
The Power Broker has the stories of Moses's marriages, to Mary and Mary II.
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