Seriously though, do you get a chance in it to dive into the urban/suburban question, within the context of broader American development patterns of the time? (Planning researcher here.)

Yes to some degree. Robert Moses was Jewish before he converted to Christianity. I'm informed by "The Death of an American Jewish Community: A Tragedy of Good Intentions", by Hillel Levine and Lawrence Harmon, as well as "World of Our Fathers" by Irving Howe.