LEADER 04423nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910817794303321 005 20230207232738.0 010 $a1-282-87230-3 010 $a9786612872303 010 $a0-231-52090-5 024 7 $a10.7312/soff15032 035 $a(CKB)2560000000053464 035 $a(EBL)908321 035 $a(OCoLC)826476410 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000435790 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12184096 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000435790 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10422307 035 $a(PQKB)10668476 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908321 035 $a(DE-B1597)459343 035 $a(OCoLC)750192934 035 $a(OCoLC)979753933 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231520904 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908321 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10433252 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL287230 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000053464 100 $a20090824d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEd Koch and the rebuilding of New York City$b[electronic resource] /$fJonathan Soffer 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (525 p.) 225 1 $aThe Columbia history of urban life 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15033-4 311 $a0-231-15032-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Struggling to Be Middle Class --$t3. It Takes a Village (1949-58) --$t4. "Rhymes with Notch" (1959-64) --$t5. The Man Who Beat Carmine De Sapio --$t6. A Rebel with Reason --$t7. Koch's Corridor (1969-76) --$t8. "A Liberal with Sanity" --$t9. New York --$t10. The 1977 Mayoral Election --$t11. The Critical First Term (1978-81) --$t12. The Politics of Race and Party --$t13. Shake-up (1979-80) --$t14. Controlled Fusion --$t15. Governor Koch? (1982-83) --$t16. Larger Than Life (1984-85) --$t17. A New Spatial Order --$t18. Homelessness --$t19. The Koch Housing Plan (1986-89) --$t20. AIDS --$t21. Crime and Police Issues (1978-84) --$t22. The Ward Years --$t23. Don't Follow County Leaders, and Watch Your Parking Meters (1986) --$t24. Koch's Endgame (1988-89) --$t25. Epilogue --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by filth, crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. By the end of his mayoral run in 1989 and despite the Wall Street crash of 1987, his administration had begun rebuilding neighborhoods and infrastructure. Unlike many American cities, Koch's New York was growing, not shrinking. Gentrification brought new businesses to neglected corners and converted low-end rental housing to coops and condos. Nevertheless, not all the changes were positive AIDS, crime, homelessness, and violent racial conflict increased, marking a time of great, if somewhat uneven, transition. For better or worse, Koch's efforts convinced many New Yorkers to embrace a new political order subsidizing business, particularly finance, insurance, and real estate, and privatizing public space. Each phase of the city's recovery required a difficult choice between moneyed interests and social services, forcing Koch to be both a moderate and a pragmatist as he tried to mitigate growing economic inequality. Throughout, Koch's rough rhetoric (attacking his opponents as "crazy," "wackos," and "radicals") prompted charges of being racially divisive. The first book to recast Koch's legacy through personal and mayoral papers, authorized interviews, and oral histories, this volume plots a history of New York City through two rarely studied yet crucial decades: the bankruptcy of the 1970's and the recovery and crash of the 1980's. 410 0$aColumbia history of urban life. 606 $aMayors$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xPolitics and government$y1951- 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xSocial conditions$y20th century 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xSocial policy 615 0$aMayors 676 $a974.7/1043092 676 $aB 700 $aSoffer$b Jonathan M.$f1956-$01623245 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817794303321 996 $aEd Koch and the rebuilding of New York City$93957511 997 $aUNINA