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Freedomland : Co-op City and the story of New York /

"Tells the story of the 35 towers and 236 townhouses of Co-op City in the Bronx from the perspective of the men and women who dreamed it and built it, and of the ordinary people who lived there"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sammartino, Annemarie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Co-op City and the story of New York
  • "The world's greatest housing cooperative": building a new cooperative, 1965-1968
  • "Everyone was seeking a Utopia": building a community, 1969-1973
  • "We remember picket lines": cooperator militancy, 1970-1974
  • "No way, we won't pay": the rent strike years, 1975-1976
  • "We inherited a mess!": after the rent strike, 1977-1981
  • "Co-op City is the Bronx": a middle-class community, 1982-1993
  • "The biggest housing bargain in town": achieving financial stability, 1981-1993
  • Epilogue: Freedomland today.