Description
Book SynopsisThis book illustrates examples of successful community development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and in the Bronx, using seven different methods of finance, only one of which is still available today. The buildings were developed between 1975 and 1997.
Table of ContentsForeword by Gale A. Brewer ix
Foreword by Ruben Diaz, Jr. xi
Part I: Overview
1 Housing Issues and Experiences 3
2 Getting Started at Settlement Housing Fund 11
Part II: A West Bronx Story
3 Walton and Townsend 19
4 Deciding to Own and Competing to Win 30
5 Collaborations and Battles 39
6 Here Come the Families 49
7 The Stucco Falls Off and the Playground Collapses 61
8 Finding Jack 67
9 Community Programs, Philosophy, and Achievements 76
10 New Settlement Community Campus: The Schools, Center, and Pool 83
11 A Few of the Families 103
12 New Settlement Today 127
Part III: A Tale of Two Bridges
13 Two Bridges: The Early Years 137
14 Two Bridges Houses 143
15 Lands End I 152
16 Lands End II 163
17 The Pathmark 172
18 Two Bridges Townhouses 180
19 Two Bridges Senior Housing 187
20 Two Bridges Tower 195
21 The Future for Two Bridges 213
Part IV: Looking Ahead
22 Lessons and Recommendations 219
Appendix: List of Federal, State, and Local Programs 243
Acknowledgments 247
Index 249
