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Robert Moses built ten new community swimming-pool complexes in New York City during the 1930’s. Because of his fascination with water in general and swimming in particular, Moses gave each of the pools, for which he had obtained a special WPA grant of $10,000,000, his personal attention.
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Rivers Run Through Us: A Natural and Human History of Great Rivers of North America
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Mexican Hat: A Kevin Kerney Novel (Kevin Kerney Novels) (Kevin Kerney Novels Series Book 2)
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On the journey, Flagler brought along his hotel designers, as well as his chief of railroad operations, Joseph Parrott. By the time Flagler and his men stepped down from the carriage into the balmy moonlight and gazed out over the placid waters of Biscayne Bay, it is likely that his mind was already made up. In short order, he struck the deal that
... See moreLes Standiford • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
The idea dated back to the Roman Empire. According to a mandate adopted by Justinian, who governed from A.D. 527 to 565, the sea, shoreline, air, and rivers belonged to everyone as part of the commons: Salus populi suprema lex esto. The welfare of the people is the supreme law.