Anthony Weiss

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The recent exhibitions on Robert Moses at the Museum of the City of New York, the Queens Museum of Art, and Columbia University have revived old debates about Robert Moses, most of which have boiled down to the question: when all is said and done, was he good or bad? When I visited the exhibitions, trying to figure out my own answer, I remembered my father’s favorite saying (lifted from <em>Oedipus Rex</em>): “Would you condemn me for that which made me great?&quot;</font></p>

Memphis's 4500-acre Shelby Farms Park has languished for years. Now, local leaders are bringing in Yale professor Alex Garvin to try to bring the park up to its potential.