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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.

ISBN-13: 9780691197159

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication Date: 09-03-2019

Pages: 336

Product Dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.40(d)

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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"With New York City's population and employment at an all-time high, the challenge of maintaining an adequate supply of affordable housing has never been greater. Covering over a century of government involvement in the production of housing, this impressive survey provides a valuable guide to understanding the range of approaches to planning and community development."—Mark A. Willis, executive director of the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

"New York City has been one of the greatest homes in human history for the aspirations of newly arrived immigrants, marginalized families, striving entrepreneurs, and culturally diverse talents because the city's reformers, advocates, and activists have demanded livable and affordable housing across two centuries of city building. Bloom and Lasner have shaped a compelling story of housing innovation, urban determination, and, most importantly, essential human progress and lives touched in profound ways."—Henry Cisneros, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

"Affordable Housing in New York is an engaging account of more than a century of efforts to provide New Yorkers with below-market housing. The contributors are excellent and the extensive illustrations enhance the rich text."—Lawrence Vale, author of Purging the Poorest: Public Housing and the Design Politics of Twice-Cleared Communities

"Highlighting the important people, places, and policies that tell the story of below-market housing in New York, this is an authoritative history of the subject."—Edward G. Goetz, University of Minnesota

"Affordable Housing in New York is a treasure trove of profiles and photographs of the buildings, programs, and people that have long distinguished New York City as the nation's preeminent leader in providing housing for low- and moderate-income people. Whether one is an expert on housing or new to the field, this book will be an essential reference."—Alex Schwartz, author of Housing Policy in the United States

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Photographs by David Schalliol 15

1 Below-market Subsidized Housing Begins 35

Tenements, Andrew S. Dolkart 45

City and Suburban Homes Company, Andrew S. Dolkart 48

Paul Laurence Dunbar Apartments, Matthew Gordon Lasner 52

Sunnyside Gardens, Nader Vossoughian and Matthew Gordon Lasner 58

Amalgamated Cooperative Apartments, Richard Greenwald 63

Boulevard Gardens, Jeffrey A. Kroessler 67

Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch, Nicholas Dagen Bloom 70

2 Public Neighborhoods 75

Fiorello LaGuardia, Stephen Petrus 88

Charles Abrams, Nancy H. Kwak 89

Harlem River Houses, Nicholas Dagen Bloom 91

Williamsburg Houses, Samuel Zipp and Nicholas Dagen Bloom 94

Queensbridge Houses and East River Houses, Hilary Ballon 99

Amsterdam Houses, Fritz Umbach 104

Model Gallery I: Pre-World War II 107

3 Public Housing Towers 113

Robert F. Wagner, Jr., Steven Levine 126

Jacob Riis Houses, Nicholas Dagen Bloom 128

Johnson Houses, Nicholas Dagen Bloom 131

Ravenswood Houses, Nicholas Dagen Bloom 134

4 Stabilizing the Middle 139

Stuyvesant Town, Samuel Zipp and Nicholas Dagen Bloom 151

Bell Park Gardens, Matthew Gordon Lasner 155

Queensview, Matthew Gordon Lasner 161

Abraham Kazan, Peter Eisenstadt 167

Penn Station South, Matthew Gordon Lasner 170

Rochdale Village, Peter Eisenstadt 176

Co-op City, Annemarie Sammartino 179

Starrett City, Karina Milchman 185

Model Gallery II: Post-World War II 189

5 Housing Reimagined 193

West Side Urban Renewal Area, Jennifer Hock 202

Jane Jacobs, Jennifer Hock 207

West Village Houses, Christopher Klemek 210

John Lindsay, Mariana Mogilevich 213

Riverbend Houses, David Smiley 215

Schomburg Plaza, Hilary Ballon 219

Edward J. Logue, Lizabeth Cohen 224

Twin Parks, Yonah Freemark and Susanne Schindler 226

Marcus Garvey Village, Karen Kubey 231

Eastwood, Matthias Altwicker 234

Hip Hop and Subsidized Housing, Lilian Knorr 239

6 The Decentralized Network 245

Urban Homesteading, Benjamin Holtzman 258

Roger Starr, Brian Goldstein 261

Nehemiah Houses, Nadia A. Mian 264

Abyssinian Development Corporation, Brian Goldstein 269

The Koch Housing Plan, Jonathan Soffer 273

Asian Americans for Equality, Jennifer Hock 276

Hughes House, Susanne Schindler 280

Melrose Commons and Via Verde, Susanne Schindler 283

Conclusion: Challenges and Opportunities 291

Model Gallery III: Contemporary 301

Notes 307

List of Contributors 331

Index 337

Illustration Credits 351