A History of Housing in New York City by Richard Plunz

A History of Housing in New York City

Columbia History of Urban Life

Richard Plunz

462 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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The French architect Le Corbusier once described New York as "a magnificent catastrophe." Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis"' New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city...

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