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15 July 2026

Robert Moses Didn’t Even Drive, Yet Destroyed Important NYC Neighborhoods with Roads

Written by Paul Moon

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Robert Moses never held elected office, never drove a car, and still managed to reshape New York City — and much of urban America — around highways, suburbs, and the automobile. This video tells the story of how Moses rose from an obscure New York reformer to one of the most powerful city builders in…

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Paul Moon

H. Paul Moon is a filmmaker based in New York City and Washington, D.C. whose works concentrate on the performing arts. Major films include “Sitka: A Piano Documentary” about the craftsmanship of Steinway pianos, “Quartet for the End of Time” about Olivier Messiaen’s transcendent WWII composition, and an acclaimed feature film about the life and music of American composer Samuel Barber that premiered on PBS. Moon has created music videos for numerous composers including Moondog, Susan Botti and Angélica Negrón, and three opera films set in a community garden. His film “The Passion of Scrooge” was awarded “Critic's Choice” by Opera News as a “thoroughly enjoyable film version, insightfully conceived and directed” with “first-rate and remarkably illustrative storytelling.” Further highlights include works featured in exhibitions at the Nevada Museum of Art and the City Museum of New York, PBS television broadcasts, and best of show awards in over a dozen international film festivals.