Freedomland Co-op City and the Story of New York

In Freedomland, Annemarie H. Sammartino tells Co-op City's story from the perspectives of those who built it and of the ordinary people who made their homes in this monument to imperfect liberal ideals of economic and social justice. Located on the grounds of the former Freedomland amusement pa...

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1. Verfasser:	Sammartino, Annemarie H
Format:	E-Book Buch
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Ithaca Cornell University Press 2022 Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press
Ausgabe:	1
Schlagworte:	1970’s Bronx Co-op City (New York, N.Y.) Co-op City (New York, N.Y.)-History cooperative housing new York DISCRIMINATION & RACE RELATIONS Genossenschaft gentrification HISTORY HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) Housing, Cooperative Housing, Cooperative-New York (State)-Bronx County-History-20th century middle-class housing development New York new york city rent strike NEW YORK HISTORY NYC affordable housing POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban united housing foundation URBAN STUDIES Wohnungsgenossenschaft URBAN STUDIES 1970’s Bronx DISCRIMINATION & RACE RELATIONS NEW YORK HISTORY middle-class housing development gentrification new york city rent strike united housing foundation cooperative housing new York NYC affordable housing
ISBN:	9781501716447, 1501716441, 1501716433, 9781501716430, 9781501716454, 150171645X
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FREEDOMLAND -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Co-op City and the Story of New York -- 1. "The World's Greatest Housing Cooperative": Building a New City, 1965-1968 -- 2. "Everyone Was Seeking a Utopia": Building a Community, 1968-1973 -- 3. "We Remember Picket Lines": Cooperator Militancy, 1970-1974 -- 4. "No Way, We Won't Pay": The Rent Strike, 1975-1976 -- 5. "We Inherited a Mess!": After the Rent Strike, 1977-1981 -- 6. "Co-op City Is the Bronx": A Middle-Class Community, 1982-1993 -- 7. "The Biggest Housing Bargain in Town": Achieving Financial Stability, 1981-1993 -- Epilogue: Freedomland Today -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index
Contents --
Preface --
Chapter 1 “The World’s Greatest Housing Cooperative” Building a New City, 1965–1968 --
Index
Chapter 2 “Everyone Was Seeking a Utopia” Building a Community, 1968–1973 --
Introduction: Co-op City and the Story of New York --
Chapter 5 “We Inherited a Mess!” After the Rent Strike, 1977–1981 --
Epilogue: Freedomland Today --
Frontmatter --
Chapter 7 “The Biggest Housing Bargain in Town” Achieving Financial Stability, 1981–1993 --
Chapter 3 “We Remember Picket Lines” Cooperator Militancy, 1970–1974 --
Notes --
Appendix --
Chapter 4 “No Way, We Won’t Pay” The Rent Strike, 1975–1976 --
Chapter 6 “Co-op City Is the Bronx” A Middle-Class Community, 1982–1993 --