Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century by Nicholas Dagen

Description: Public Housing That Worked by Nicholas Dagen Bloom Public Housing That Worked offers a comprehensive history of Americas largest and most successful housing authority. The New York City Housing Authority pioneered, and still maintains, rigorous systems of public housing management that allowed it to avoid the downward spiral experienced by most American public housing authorities. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 public housing. Yet one notable exception to this national tragedy remains. The New York City Housing Authority, Americas largest public housing manager, still maintains over 400,000 tenants in its vast and well-run high-rise projects. While by no means utopian, New York Citys public housing remains an acceptable and affordable option.The story of New Yorks success where so many other housing authorities faltered has been ignored for too long. Public Housing That Worked shows how New Yorks administrators, beginning in the 1930s, developed a rigorous system of public housing management that weathered a variety of social and political challenges. A key element in the long-term viability of New Yorks public housing has been the constant search for better methods in fields such as tenant selection, policing, renovation, community affairs, and landscape design.Nicholas Dagen Bloom presents the achievements that contradict the common wisdom that public housing projects are inherently unmanageable. By focusing on what worked, rather than on the conventional history of failure and blame, Bloom provides useful models for addressing the current crisis in affordable urban housing. Public Housing That Worked is essential reading for practitioners and scholars in the areas of public policy, urban history, planning, criminal justice, affordable housing management, social work, and urban affairs. Author Biography Nicholas Dagen Bloom is Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies at the New York Institute of Technology and author of Merchant of Illusion: James Rouse, Americas Salesman of the Businessmans Utopia. Review "Highly recommended." * Choice *"While high-rise public housing in the United States is widely regarded as a disaster, the experiment in New York City has thrived for more than seventy years. Nicholas Blooms well-written, well-researched, and well-illustrated work provides the most sophisticated answers yet to this American paradox." * Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University *"Nicholas Dagen Blooms bold thesis is powerfully argued and effectively overturns much received wisdom about the history of public housing in the United States. This well researched and clearly written book will undoubtedly trigger a fierce debate both among historians and those interested in current housing policy." * Robert Bruegmann, author of Sprawl: A Compact History *"In Public Housing That Worked, Nicholas Dagen Bloom offers the best examination to date of the origins, choices, mistakes, and management of the New York City Housing Authority from its beginnings in the 1930s up through the present. He stresses effective management as the principal reason behind why the citys public stock of housing has survived in decent condition while scores of projects across the country have been demolished. The book should be essential reading for planners and policy analysts seeking a detailed look inside how and why New Yorks public housing became a notable if controversial exception." * John Goering, Baruch College and CUNY Graduate Center and former HUD project manager * Promotional Public Housing That Worked offers a comprehensive history of Americas largest and most successful housing authority. The New York City Housing Authority pioneered, and still maintains, rigorous systems of public housing management that allowed it to avoid the downward spiral experienced by most American public housing authorities. Long Description 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 public housing. Yet one notable exception to this national tragedy remains. The New York City Housing Authority, Americas largest public housing manager, still maintains over 400,000 tenants in its vast and well-run high-rise projects. While by no means utopian, New York Citys public housing remains an acceptable and affordable option. The story of New Yorks success where so many other housing authorities faltered has been ignored for too long. Public Housing That Worked shows how New Yorks administrators, beginning in the 1930s, developed a rigorous system of public housing management that weathered a variety of social and political challenges. A key element in the long-term viability of New Yorks public housing has been the constant search for better methods in fields such as tenant selection, policing, renovation, community affairs, and landscape design. Nicholas Dagen Bloom presents the achievements that contradict the common wisdom that public housing projects are inherently unmanageable. By focusing on what worked, rather than on the conventional history of failure and blame, Bloom provides useful models for addressing the current crisis in affordable urban housing. Public Housing That Worked is essential reading for practitioners and scholars in the areas of public policy, urban history, planning, criminal justice, affordable housing management, social work, and urban affairs. Review Quote "While high-rise public housing in the United States is widely regarded as a disaster, the experiment in New York City has thrived for more than seventy years. Nicholas Blooms well-written, well-researched, and well-illustrated work provides the most sophisticated answers yet to this American paradox."-Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University Promotional "Headline" Public Housing That Worked offers a comprehensive history of Americas largest and most successful housing authority. The New York City Housing Authority pioneered, and still maintains, rigorous systems of public housing management that allowed it to avoid the downward spiral experienced by most American public housing authorities. Details ISBN0812220676 Author Nicholas Dagen Bloom Short Title PUBLIC HOUSING THAT WORKED Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press Language English ISBN-10 0812220676 ISBN-13 9780812220674 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press Subtitle New York in the Twentieth Century Place of Publication Pennsylvania Country of Publication United States Residence US Birth 1969 UK Release Date 2009-02-09 AU Release Date 2009-02-09 NZ Release Date 2009-02-09 US Release Date 2009-02-09 Pages 368 Publication Date 2009-02-09 Alternative 9780812201321 DEWEY 363.585097471 Illustrations 33 illus. Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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