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Public Housing That Worked - New York in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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Public Housing That Worked New York in the Twentieth Century
Nicholas Dagen Bloom "Highly recommended."--"Choice" "While
high-rise public housing in the United States is widely regarded as
a disaster, the experiment in New York City has thrived for more
than seventy years. Nicholas Bloom's well-written, well-researched,
and well-illustrated work provides the most sophisticated answers
yet to this American paradox."--Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia
University "Nicholas Dagen Bloom's bold thesis is powerfully argued
and effectively overturns much received wisdom about the history of
public housing in the United States. This well researched and
clearly written book will undoubtedly trigger a fierce debate both
among historians and those interested in current housing
policy."--Robert Bruegmann, author of "Sprawl: A Compact History"
"In "Public Housing That Worked," Nicholas Dagen Bloom offers the
best examination to date of the origins, choices, mistakes, and
management of the New York City Housing Authority from its
beginnings in the 1930s up through the present. He stresses
effective management as the principal reason behind why the city's
public stock of housing has survived in decent condition while
scores of projects across the country have been demolished. The
book should be essential reading for planners and policy analysts
seeking a detailed look inside how and why New York's public
housing became a notable if controversial exception."--John
Goering, Baruch College and CUNY Graduate Center and former HUD
project manager When it comes to large-scale public housing in the
United States, the consensus for the past decades has been to let
the wrecking balls fly. The demolition of infamous projects, such
as Pruitt-Igoe in St. Louis and the towers of Cabrini-Green in
Chicago, represents to most Americans the fate of all public
housing. Yet one notable exception to this national tragedy
remains. The New York City Housing Authority, America's largest
public housing manager, still maintains over 400,000 tenants in its
vast and well-run high-rise projects. While by no means utopian,
New York City's public housing remains an acceptable and affordable
option. Nicholas Dagen Bloom is Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies
at the New York Institute of Technology and author of "Merchant of
Illusion: James Rouse, America's Salesman of the Businessman's
Utopia." 2008 - 368 pages - 6 x 9 - 33 illus. ISBN
978-0-8122-2067-4 - Paper - $26.50s - 17.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0132-1
- Ebook - $26.50s - 17.50 World Rights - American History, Public
Policy Short copy: "Public Housing That Worked" offers a
comprehensive history of America's largest and most successful
housing authority. The New York City Housing Authority pioneered,
and still maintains, rigorous systems of public housing management
that allowed it to avoid the downward spiral experienced by most
American public housing authorities."
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