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ISBN
9781531506216
Book Title
Just City : Growing Up on the Upper West Side When Housing Was a Human Right
Item Length
9.3in
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Publication Year
2024
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1in
Author
Jennifer Baum
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Sociology / Urban
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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A captivating memoir of New York's Historic Upper West Side at a time when community and unity defined the neighborhood Step into the world of Just City and embark on a poignant journey to a time when ideals were woven into the very fabric of a neighborhood. Jennifer Baum's evocative storytelling brings to life an era in New York City's history where affordable housing wasn't just a concept, but a reality that defined the essence of community. Within the pages of this captivating memoir, you'll find yourself transported to the historic Upper West Side--a place where diversity flourished and a shared belief in the importance of a home for all bound the residents together. Through personal anecdotes and heartfelt accounts, Baum illuminates her own upbringing alongside the stories of those who shared her neighbor-hood. She describes how as an adult, she came to appreciate that being raised in an integrated collective was a unique and exceptional experience. As she moves around the world for school, a husband, and work, she tells the story of her search for a home that would embody the values and community she grew up with. Just City goes beyond the physicality of housing; it unveils the emotional tapestry of housing for an entire generation. As you immerse yourself in the stories of rallies, grassroots efforts, and the sense of kinship that defined this era, you'll witness a generation that stood united for justice and fairness. The book captures not just moments, but the ethos of a time when the city was a testament to the power of community. Celebrate the legacy of an era when a city was truly a home, when principles of social respon-sibility thrived. Just City isn't just a memoir--it's an invitation to revive the spirit of unity and create a city where everyone belongs. So open its pages and let its words rekindle the flame of a just and inclusive city once more.

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Publisher
Fordham University Press
ISBN-10
1531506216
ISBN-13
9781531506216
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22062269243

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Book Title
Just City : Growing Up on the Upper West Side When Housing Was a Human Right
Author
Jennifer Baum
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz

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Mitchell Lama housing was always more than low-cost apartments in tower blocks. For many sponsors and residents, cooperation and mutual aid were just as important as shelter. Jennifer Baum captures that broader spirit in this readable autobiographical account, integrating personal memoir and housing policy analysis. For a rising generation excited about housing cooperation, Baum's vivid description of the promise and challenge of earlier efforts is instructive. ---Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Hunter College, City University of New York, Just City provides a deep and thoroughly contextualized understanding of subsidized housing for the middle- and lower-class in postwar Manhattan: the goals that brought politicians to create it; its actual development on the streets of New York; its rise and fall in popularity; and the broader state of mind that made such widespread urban policies possible. The book is a fascinating combination of memoir and urban studies. ---Jennifer A. Low, professor emerita at Florida Atlantic University and author of Dramatic Spaces: Scenography and Spectatorial Perceptions, Just City provides a deep and thoroughly contextualized understanding of subsidized housing for the middle- and lower-class in postwar Manhattan: the goals that brought politicians to create it; its actual development on the streets of New York; its rise and fall in popularity; and the broader state of mind that made such widespread urban policies possible. The book is a fascinating combination of memoir and urban studies. ---Jennifer Low, professor emerita at Florida Atlantic University and author of Dramatic Spaces: Scenography and Spectatorial Perceptions, Jennifer Baum's Just City conjures up a vivid not-so-distant past where working- and middle-class families of all races shared a landscape of collective vision, common good values and abundant social capital before the forces of privatization and gentrification consumed most of the Upper West Side. Baum's family, friends and neighbors live again in this historical memoir, showcasing marvelous and surprising ways Urban Renewal and public policy worked as a tool for building an urban middle class in the second half of the 20th Century, with Mitchell-Lama housing anchoring a diverse neighborhood where both grit and glamour flourished. ---Gregory Jost, Writer & Speaker, Inside the Redlines, In Just City Jenny Baum has achieved something memorable: she has excavated her own specifically etched memories of growing up in the subsidized housing of Manhattan's Upper West Side and allowed them to open up into a broad and deeply researched exploration of this remarkable urban experiment. This perspicacious book speaks as much to New York of the 1970s as it does to modern America as it invites all of us city dwellers to look back to our points of origin and ahead to the kinds of cities we might long for--and work to bring about--in the future. ---Michael Frank, author of One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World, Since the 1960s, the RNA House Mitchell Lama cooperative has provided affordable housing on the Upper West Side to a diverse mix of New Yorkers. Jennifer Baum's Just City provides a thoughtful reflection on how this development was a vital part of New York and a vital haven for New Yorkers over more than a half century. Baum is a passionate advocate for the importance of affordable housing, and her book tells an empathetic and readable story of her family, her community and her city. ---Annemarie Sammartino, author of Freedomland: Co-op City and the Story of New York
Table of Content
Preface ix Introduction 1 1. Moving into the Just City 3 2. Community, Collectivism, and Tolerance 15 3. On the Street 26 4. Breathing Life into the Sanitized Columbus Avenue Strip 35 5. Class Consciousness 46 6. Grappling with Death 65 7. Salvation in Socialism 84 8. Two Utopias 105 9. Gentrification Turns into Revanchism 118 10. Could I Ever Return to Utopia? 126 11. No Next Time 147 12. Relinquishing the Apartment 163 13. The Crucial Necessity of Affordable Housing 180 14. Battle over Privatization 194 Acknowledgments 215 Notes 217 Index 229 Photographs follow page 132
Copyright Date
2024
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