Parks Department Photo Archives

Robert Moses, here in a 1938 photograph taken for a magazine article, is the subject of three new exhibitions that reconsider his work as New York’s master builder, which in recent decades was judged somewhat harshly.

Andrew Moore

The Cross Bronx Expressway, one of the roads Moses built.

Andrew Moore

Robert Moses’ legacy includes the entry pavilion of the Sunset Park Pool.

Jack Manning/The New York Times

Housing complexes like Co-op City, here in a 1976 view, owe their existence to Moses.

Jack Manning/The New York Times

His park projects — the Astoria Pool in Queens in 1936 — also transformed New York.

Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

The traffic stream to the Henry Hudson Parkway.

Bernice Abbott

The view of Triborough Bridge from East 125th Street.

Samuel Gottscho/Museum of theCity of New York

The rotunda at Riverside Park, circa 1937.

Andrew Moore

The north view of Morningside Gardens.