The Great Depression contributed substantially to Robert Moses's early achievements by making many unemployed architects available to hire at very low wages.

“Yeah. A g- another great q- Yes. The, and the answer to your question is that played a big role because, like, uh, uh,”

“he needed architects for something. I don't remember what it is. It's in The Power Broker. And they lined up on Fifth Avenue, thousands of out-of-work architects, you know, uh, that he could hire for very low wage, you know, very low wages.”