Public housing that worked : New York in the twentieth century /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
Temas:
New York City Housing Authority > History > 20th century.
New York City Housing Authority
1900-1999
Public housing > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
City planning > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Logement social > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
City planning
Public housing
Social conditions
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York
American History.
American Studies.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Urban Studies.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Model housing as a municipal service. Defining a housing crisis; Three programs are better than one; High-rise public housing begins; Model tenants for model housing; Tightly managed communities
  • Transforming postwar New York. The boom years; Designs for a new metropolis; The price of design reform; The benefits of social engineering; Meeting the management challenge
  • Welfare-state public housing. Surviving the welfare state; The value of consistency
  • Affordable housing. Model housing revisited
  • Appendix A. Guide to housing developments
  • Appendix B. Tenant selection policies and procedures.

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