The Village Voice vs. Robert Moses

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 chapters [The Village Voice vs. Robert Moses]( The paper was editor Mary Perot Nichols’s weapon in the battle to save Washington Square Park. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images In this excerpt from her new book, The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture, Tricia Romano details the rise of Mary Perot Nichols, who became one of Robert Moses’s most formidable antagonists through her work at the Voice. “She was a housewife and a neighbor of mine,” Ed Fancher, co-founder and publisher, said of Perot Nichols’s unlikely start at the paper. “She had a great deal to do with destroying the career of Robert Moses because of the highway through the park, but the copy she would bring in to Dan, he said, was unreadable.” [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Annie Leibovitz Finds a Buyer on Central Park West And signs point to a bidding war.]( By Kim Velsey [The Look Book Goes to Mohan Matchmaking More than 1,000 South Asian singles gathered at the Times Square Sheraton for a two-day dating convention.]( By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell [A Porch With a View in Kingston and a Twofer in Ulster County Or a freshly renovated farmhouse in Rhinebeck.]( By Curbed Staff [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved