Freedomland : Co-op City and the Story of New York.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sammartino, Annemarie H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing, Cooperative.

Housing, Cooperative--New York (State)--Bronx County--History--20th century.

New York (State)--Bronx County.

Co-op City (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Co-op City (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Sammartino, Annemarie H. Freedomland

ISBN:

9781501716454

150171645X

OCLC:

1285369184