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Affordable Housing in New York

The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2019

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A richly illustrated history of below-market housing in New York, from the 1920s to today

A colorful portrait of the people, places, and policies that have helped make New York City livable, Affordable Housing in New York is a comprehensive, authoritative, and richly illustrated history of the city's public and middle-income housing from the 1920s to today. Plans, models, archival photos, and newly commissioned portraits of buildings and tenants by sociologist and photographer David Schalliol put the efforts of the past century into context, and the book also looks ahead to future prospects for below-market subsidized housing. A dynamic account of an evolving city, Affordable Housing in New York is essential reading for understanding and advancing debates about how to enable future generations to call New York home.

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Nicholas Dagen Bloom is professor of urban policy and planning at Hunter College, City University of New York. His books include Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century. Matthew Gordon Lasner is associate professor of urban studies and planning at Hunter College, City University of New York. He is the author of High Life: Condo Living in the Suburban Century.

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"“Book Title of the Year,” as selected for Curbed.com’s Architecture in 2015: A Year in Review"

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Acknowledgments

    xi
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    Introduction

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    Photographs by David Schalliol

    15
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  • 1. Below- market Subsidized Housing Begins
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    Introduction

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    Tenements

    45
    Andrew S. Dolkart
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    City and Suburban Homes Company

    48
    Andrew S. Dolkart
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    Paul Laurence Dunbar Apartments

    52
    Matthew Gordon Lasner
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    Sunnyside Gardens

    58
    Nader Vossoughian and Matthew Gordon Lasner
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    Amalgamated Cooperative Apartments

    63
    Richard Greenwald
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    Boulevard Gardens

    67
    Jeffrey A. Kroessler
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    Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch

    70
    Nicholas Dagen Bloom
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  • 2. Public Neighborhoods
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    Fiorello LaGuardia

    88
    Stephen Petrus
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    Charles Abrams

    89
    Nancy H. Kwak
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    Harlem River Houses

    91
    Nicholas Dagen Bloom
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    Williamsburg Houses

    94
    Samuel Zipp and Nicholas Dagen Bloom
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    Queensbridge Houses and East River Houses

    99
    Hilary Ballon
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    Amsterdam Houses

    104
    Fritz Umbach
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    Model Gallery I: Pre– World War II

    107
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  • 3. Public Housing Towers
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    Introduction

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    Robert F. Wagner, Jr

    126
    Steven Levine
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    Jacob Riis Houses

    128
    Nicholas Dagen Bloom
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    Johnson Houses

    131
    Nicholas Dagen Bloom
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    Ravenswood Houses

    134
    Nicholas Dagen Bloom
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  • 4. Stabilizing the Middle
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    Introduction

    139
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    Stuyvesant Town

    151
    Samuel Zipp and Nicholas Dagen Bloom
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    Bell Park Gardens

    155
    Matthew Gordon Lasner
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    Queensview

    161
    Matthew Gordon Lasner
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    Abraham Kazan

    167
    Peter Eisenstadt
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    Penn Station South

    170
    Matthew Gordon Lasner
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    Rochdale Village

    176
    Peter Eisenstadt
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    Co-op City

    179
    Annemarie Sammartino
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    Starrett City

    185
    Karina Milchman
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    Model Gallery II: Post– World War II

    189
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  • 5. Housing Reimagined
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    Introduction

    193
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    West Side Urban Renewal Area

    202
    Jennifer Hock
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    Jane Jacobs

    207
    Jennifer Hock
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    West Village Houses

    210
    Christopher Klemek
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    John Lindsay

    213
    Mariana Mogilevich
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    Riverbend Houses

    215
    David Smiley
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    Schomburg Plaza

    219
    Hilary Ballon
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    Edward J. Logue

    224
    Lizabeth Cohen
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    Twin Parks

    226
    Yonah Freemark and Susanne Schindler
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    Marcus Garvey Village

    231
    Karen Kubey
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    Eastwood

    234
    Matthias Altwicker
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    Hip Hop and Subsidized Housing

    239
    Lilian Knorr
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  • 6. The Decentralized Network
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    Introduction

    245
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    Urban Homesteading

    258
    Benjamin Holtzman
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    Roger Starr

    261
    Brian Goldstein
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    Nehemiah Houses

    264
    Nadia A. Mian
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    Abyssinian Development Corporation

    269
    Brian Goldstein
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    The Koch Housing Plan

    273
    Jonathan Soffer
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    Asian Americans for Equality

    276
    Jennifer Hock
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    Hughes House

    280
    Susanne Schindler
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    Melrose Commons and Via Verde

    283
    Susanne Schindler
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    Conclusion: Challenges and Opportunities

    291
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    Model Gallery III: Contemporary

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    Notes

    307
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    Contributors

    331
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    Index

    337
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    Illustration Credits

    351
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eBook ISBN:
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691207056
eBook ISBN: 9780691207056
Keywords for this book
Public housing; New York City Housing Authority; Apartment; Subsidy; Tenement; Urban renewal; Affordable housing; Income; Housing development; Welfare; Housing authority; Designer; Gentrification; Redevelopment; Lower East Side; Renting; Queensbridge Houses; Slum; Landlord; Robert Moses; The New York Times; Subsidized housing; Funding; Section 8 (housing); Household; Historic preservation; Decentralization; Voucher; New York City; Federal Housing Administration; Amenity; World War II; Dwelling; State housing; Penn South; Dunbar Apartments; Poverty; Tax; Property tax; Model Cities Program; Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village; Politician; Middle class; Urban planning; Bathroom; African Americans; Long Island City; Stairs; Americans; Employment; Construction; Upper West Side; Williamsburg Houses; Condominium; Eminent domain; Housing cooperative; Ed Koch; Greenwich Village; Jane Jacobs; Supportive housing; Suburb; Lizabeth Cohen; Renovation; Associate professor; Ownership; Trade union; Down payment; Investor; Saving; Common area
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