Affordable Housing In New York: The People, Places, And Policies That Transformed A City,New

A Richly Illustrated History Of Belowmarket Housing In New York, From The 1920S To Todayhow Has America'S Most Expensive And Progressive City Helped Its Residents To Live? Since The Nineteenth Century, The Need For Highquality Affordable Housing Has Been One Of New York Citys Most Urgent Issues. Affordable Housing In New York Explores The Past, Present, And Future Of The Citys 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 Publicprivate Solutions Of The 1970S And 1980S To Todays Professionalized Affordable Housing Industry. More Than Two Dozen Leading Scholars Tell The Story Of Key Figures Of The Era, Including Fiorello Laguardia, Robert Moses, Jane Jacobs, And Ed Koch. Over Twentyfive Individual Housing Complexes Are Profiled, Including Queensbridge Houses, Americas Largest Public Housing Complex; Stuyvesant Town; Coop City; And Recent Additions Like Via Verde. 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 Belowmarket Subsidized Housing.A Richly Illustrated, Dynamic Portrait Of An Evolving City, This Is A Comprehensive And Authoritative History Of Public And Middleincome 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. Dolkart, Peter Eisenstadt, Richard Greenwald, Christopher Klemek, Jeffrey A. Kroessler, Nancy H. Kwak, Nadia A. Mian, Annemarie Sammartino, David Schalliol, Susanne Schindler, David Smiley, Jonathan Soffer, Fritz Umbach, And Samuel Zipp.Featured Housing Complexes Include: Amalgamated Cooperative Apartments Amsterdam Houses Bell Park Gardens Boulevard Gardens Coop City East River Houses Eastwood Harlem River Houses Hughes House Jacob Riis Houses Johnson Houses Marcus Garvey Village Melrose Commons Nehemiah Houses Paul Laurence Dunbar Apartments Penn South Queensbridge Houses Queensview Ravenswood Houses Riverbend Houses Rochdale Village Schomburg Plaza Starrett City Stuyvesant Town Sunnyside Gardens Twin Parks Via Verde West Side Urban Renewal Area West Village Houses Williamsburg Houses