Priced Out: Stuyvesant Town and the Loss of Middle-Class Neighborhoods

by Rachael A. Woldoff, Lisa M. Morrison, Michael R Glass, et al.

Book Overview

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 location for conflict and strife, yet this eighteen-block area, initially planned as middle-class affordable housing, is the site of an ongoing struggle between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479818631
• ISBN13: 9781479818631
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"