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Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km 2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. [3] The park lies on the western end of Fire Island, one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island, and is known for its five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.
The Robert Moses Causeway is an 8.10-mile (13.04 km) state parkway in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. It is named for the master builder and urban planner Robert Moses . The parkway, originally known as the Captree Causeway , connects West Islip on Long Island to the barrier beach islands, such as Captree Island, Jones Beach Island ...
April 21, 1955: The Mayor's Slum Clearance Committee chaired by Robert Moses is approved by the New York City Board of Estimate to designate Lincoln Square for urban renewal. [8] November 8, 1955: John D. Rockefeller III is elected as chairman. [8] June 22, 1956: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. incorporated. [8]
State park: Location: 19 Robinson Bay Road Massena, New York [1] Nearest city: Massena, New York: Coordinates: Area: 2,322 acres (9.40 km 2) Operated by: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation: Visitors: 98,257 (in 2014) [2] Open: All year: Website: Robert Moses State Park
As chief architect again for the development of Lincoln Center, Harrison was chosen to design the new opera house, to be built as the centerpiece of the new performing arts complex- a twenty-five acre, eighteen block site on the Upper West Side, chosen by Robert Moses as a major urban renewal and slum clearance project. After a long process of ...
It is one of two major outdoor arenas in the New York metropolitan area, along with PNC Bank Arts Center near the Jersey Shore. Both venues are managed by Live Nation. [2] The theater was designed to specifications provided by Robert Moses, who created Jones Beach State Park. [3]
In 1897, the Moses family moved to New York City, [8] where they lived on East 46th Street off Fifth Avenue. [9] Moses's father was a successful department store owner and real estate speculator in New Haven. In order for the family to move to New York City, he sold his real estate holdings and store, then retired. [8]
The parkway comprises the southern half of New York State Route 908K (NY 908K), an unsigned reference route, with the Sunken Meadow State Parkway forming the northern portion. The Sagtikos Parkway was proposed by the Long Island State Park Commission to help bridge a gap in the eastern part of the Long Island Parkway system.