Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691167818 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great primer for New Yorkers, Urban Enthusiasts and Social Caretakers Lasner and Dagen Bloom have taken an in-depth look at Affordable Housing in New York- a topic too often ignored, but ever more pressing as the divide between the have's and the have not's intensifies. This reader is a great entry into this topic--a program that assists nearly one-in-eight of all documented New Yorkers. The book follows the inspired planning feats that propelled the program to what has cumulatively become the most ambitious--and arguably most suc. Well written and beautifully illustrated A beautifully illustrated, thoughtfully organized, and compellingly written history of affordable housing in New York City. A range of projects — iconic and obscure, public and private, old and new — are profiled from their initial planning through the present day, and accompanied by specially commissioned photographs of residents going about their daily life. This humanistic approach offers a refreshing contrast to stereotyped images of affordable h. odg1 said Terrific book!. At a time when NYC is increasingly known for its luxury housing, its great to have a reminder that this is also a city that has historically been the most aggressive and creative in the nation at supplying affordable housing. This book does a terrific job of telling this story. A must-read book for anyone interested in either New York City of affordable housing, or both!
Plans, models, archival photos, and newly commissioned portraits of buildings and tenants put the efforts of the past century into social, political, and cultural context and look ahead to future prospects for below-market subsidized housing.A richly illustrated, dynamic portrait of an evolving city, this is a comprehensive and authoritative history of public and middle-income housing in New York and contributes significantly to contemporary debates on how to enable future generations of New Yorkers to call the city home.Contributors include: Matthias Altwicker, Hilary Ballon, Lizabeth Cohen, Andrew S. Kwak, Nadia A. 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. Dolkart, Peter Eisenstadt, Richard Greenwald, Christopher Klemek, Jeffrey A. Affordable Housing in New York explores the past, present, and future of the city’s pioneering efforts, from the 1920s to the major initiatives of Mayor Bill de Blasio.The book examines the people, places, and policies that have helped make New York livable, from early experiments by housing reformers and the innovative public-private solutions of the 1970s and 1980s to today’s professionalized affordable housing industry. Mian, Annemarie Sammartino, David Schalliol, Susanne Schindler, David Smiley, Jonathan Soffer, Fri
He is the author of High Life: Condo Living in the Suburban Century. . His books include Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century. Nicholas Dagen Bloom is associate professor of social science and director of the Urban Administration program at New York Institute of Technology. Matthew Gordon Lasner is ass
The volume isn't merely a compendious and fascinating history but also an argument, locating inspiration in the past for the urgent task of housing the ever-larger number of New Yorkers hard-pressed to live in the city. The book brings idealistic characters to life--from Fiorella LaGuardia to Alfred Smith, Clarence Stein, Robert Moses, Ed Logue, and Jane Jacobs--as well as lesser known, often female, pioneering housing advocates. Bloom and Lasner, and the exquisite group of contributors they assembled for this volume, look into the first hundred years of projects, programs, policies, communities, and individuals that brought to life this one-of-a-kind housing stock. Essential."--Jayne Merkel, Architectural Record"The historically minded book celebrates New York City's best efforts at providing low-income families a high-quality place to live. “Book Title of the Year,” as selected for Curbed’s Ar