Freedomland : co-op City and the story of New York

Annemarie H. Sammartino

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.

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Year of publication:	2022
Authors:	Sammartino, Annemarie
Publisher:	2022: Ithaca : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press
Subject:	Genossenschaft \| Cooperative \| Wohnungsgenossenschaft \| Housing cooperative \| New York
Description of contents:	"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."

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Extent:	xv, 298 Seiten Illustrationen
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-5017-1643-0 ; 978-1-5017-1644-7 ; 978-1-5017-1645-4
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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