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Saving Stuyvesant Town : how one community defeated the worst real estate deal in history / Daniel R. Garodnick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garodnick, Daniel R., 1972- author.
- Series:
- Cornell scholarship online.
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rental housing--New York (State)--New York.
- Rental housing.
- Housing development--New York (State)--New York.
- Housing development.
- Middle class--New York (State)--New York.
- Middle class.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Three Hills, 2021.
- Summary:
- From city streets to City Hall and to Midtown corporate offices, this book is the incredible true story of how one middle-class community defeated the largest residential real-estate deal in American history.
- Contents:
- Middle class on the brink
- Activism from the start
- Time for a tenants association
- An unexpected challenge
- Making a bid
- Regrouping after the loss
- Pushing back against a new owner
- Preparing for an uncertain future
- Suddenly the "prettiest girl at the dance"
- Finding a partner
- Challenged from the outside
- Under water, actual water
- A new start
- The mayor comes over for cannoli
- Closing the deal
- Loopholes closed.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 17, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9781501754371
- 1501754378
- OCLC:
- 1195818488
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