Priced Out : : Stuyvesant Town and the Loss of Middle-Class Neighborhoods / / Lisa M. Morrison, Michael R. Glass, Rachael A. Woldoff.
On an average morning in the tree-lined parks, plazas, and play-areas of Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Town housing development, birds chirp as early risers dash off to work, elderly residents enjoy a peaceful morning stroll, and flocks of parents usher their children to school. It seems an unlikely locati...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Transformation of Stuyvesant Town
- 1 History
- 2 Stayers Then and Now: Getting and Keeping a Slice of Stuy Town
- 3 Aging in Place in the City: Ruthie’s Story
- 4 Neoliberalism, Deregulation, and the Challenges to Middle-Class Housing
- 5 Landlords’ and Tenants’ Strategies for Coping with the New York City Rental Housing Market
- 6 The New Kids in (Stuy)Town: Luxury or Liability?
- 7 The Kids Are All Right? Kara’s Story
- Conclusion: Community and Commodity
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Authors