Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City
By (Author) Nicholas Dagen Bloom
Edited by Matthew Gordon Lasner
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
11th November 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of architecture
City and town planning: architectural aspects
728.097471
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Description
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.
Reviews
"Book Title of the Year, as selected for Curbed.coms Architecture in 2015: A Year in Review"
Author Bio
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.
