city planning

Biography

Robert Wagner was considered New York's "first modern mayor" by former Mayor John Lindsey1. The son of former New York Senator, Robert Wagner, Sr., politics came naturally to his stature2. His father was deeply influenced by FDR's New Deal and was the author of the "Wagner Act," which created the National Labor Creation's Board3.

• 1. Clarity, James F. "Robert Wagner, 80, Pivotal New York Mayor, Dies." New York Times February 13, 1991.
• 2. Ibid.
• 3. Ibid.

Sometimes listed as Andrew Green.

Biography

Andrew Haswell Green was a lawyer, reformer, public official, master planner, and a visionary. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1820 to a prosperous, professional family. As a young man, he received a commercial education while working as an apprentice in a leading dry goods establishment. At the age of twenty-four, he began to study law at the firm of Samuel J. Tilden. Green soon became interested in civic affairs.