Robert Moses was a bastard, but he built several bridges including the Verrazzano Narrows, an underwater tunnel, 416 miles of parkway, 2,567,256 acres of parkland, numerous public housing projects, 17 public swimming pools, 658 playgrounds, a couple of hydroelectric dams, Rockefeller Center, and the UN Building, virtually all of it still in good use by the citizens of the Empire State. He also put on two World’s Fairs and completely renovated Central Park.

Just sayin’.