Affordable housing in New York : the people, places, and policies that transformed a city

Affordable housing in New York : the people, places, and policies that transformed a city /

How has America's most expensive and progressive city helped its residents to live? Since the nineteenth century, the need for high-quality affordable housing has been one of New York City's most urgent issues. Affordable Housing in New York explores the past, present, and future of the ci...

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Other Authors: Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969-, Lasner, Matthew Gordon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Public housing > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Low-income housing > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Housing policy > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > General.
Housing policy
Low-income housing
Public housing
Wohnungsbau
Wohnungspolitik
Allmännyttiga bostadsföretag.
Bostadspolitik > historia.
New York (State) > New York
New York > Staat
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Below-market Subsidized Housing Begins: Tenements / Andrew S. Dolkart
  • City and Suburban Homes Company / Andrew S. Dolkart
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar Apartments / Matthew Gordon Lasner
  • Sunnyside Gardens / Matthew Gordon Lasner
  • Amalgamated Cooperative Apartments / Richard Greenwald
  • Boulevard Gardens / Jeffrey A. Kroessler
  • Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch / Nicholas Dagen Bloom
  • 2. Public Neighborhoods: Fiorello LaGuardia / Stephen Petrus
  • Charles Abrams / Nancy H. Kwak
  • Harlem River Houses / Nicholas Dagen Bloom
  • Williamsburg Houses / Nicholas Dagen Bloom
  • Queensbridge Houses and East River Houses / Hilary Ballon
  • Amsterdam Houses / Fritz Umbach
  • Model Gallery I Pre-World War II
  • 3. Public Housing Towers: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. / Steven Levine
  • Jacob Riis Houses / Nicholas Dagen Bloom
  • Johnson Houses / Nicholas Dagen Bloom
  • Ravenswood Houses / Nicholas Dagen Bloom
  • 4. Stabilizing the Middle: Stuyvesant Town / Nicholas Dagen Bloom
  • Bell Park Gardens / Matthew Gordon Lasner
  • Queensview / Matthew Gordon Lasner
  • Abraham Kazan / Peter Eisenstadt
  • Venn Station South / Matthew Gordon Lasner
  • Rochdale Village / Peter Eisenstadt
  • Co-op City / Annemarie Sammartino
  • Starrett City / Karina Milchman
  • Model Gallery II Post-World War II
  • 5. Housing Reimagined: West Side Urban Renewal Area / Jennifer Hock
  • Jane Jacobs / Jennifer Hock
  • West Village Houses / Christopher Klemek
  • John Lindsay / Mariana Mogilevich
  • Riverbend Houses / David Smiley
  • Schomburg Plaza / Hilary Ballon
  • Edward J. Logue / Lizabeth Cohen
  • Twin Parks / Susanne Schindler
  • Marcus Garvey Village / Karen Kubey
  • Eastwood / Matthias Altwicker
  • Hip Hop and Subsidized Housing / Lilian Knorr
  • 6. The Decentralized Network: Urban Homesteading / Benjamin Holtzman
  • Roger Starr / Brian Goldstein
  • Nehemiah Houses / Nadia A. Mian
  • Abyssinian Development Corporation / Brian Goldstein
  • The Koch Housing Plan / Jonathan Soffer
  • Asian Americans for Equality / Jennifer Hock
  • Hughes House / Susanne Schindler
  • Melrose Commons and Via Verde / Susanne Schindler
  • Conclusion: Challenges and Opportunities: Model Gallery III Contemporary.

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