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In Freedomland, Annemarie H. Sammartino tells Co-op City's story from the perspectives of those who built it and of the ordinary people who made their homes in this monument to imperfect liberal ideals of economic and social justice. Located on the grounds of the former Freedomland amusement park on the northeastern edge of the Bronx, Co-op City's 35 towers and 236 townhouses have been home to hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and is an icon visible to all traveling on the east coast corridor. In 1965, Co-op City was planned as the largest middle-class housing development in the United States. It was intended as a solution to the problem of affordable housing in America's largest city. While Co-op City first appeared to be a huge success story for integrated, middle-class housing, tensions would lead its residents to organize the largest rent strike in American history. In 1975, a coalition of shareholders took on New York State and, against all odds, secured resident control. Much to the dismay of many denizens of the complex, even this achievement did not halt either rising costs or white flight. Nevertheless, after the challenges of the 1970s and 1980s, the cooperative achieved a hard-won stability as the twentieth century came to a close. Freedomland chronicles the tumultuous first quarter century of Co-op City's existence. Sammartino's narrative connects planning, economic, and political history and the history of race in America. The result is a new perspective on twentieth-century New York City.
A Day Trip to Freedomland USA Theme Park, Bronx, NY, 1961
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Freedomland by Annemarie H. Sammartino - Cornell
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Co-op City, Bronx Facts for Kids
New York Community Bank helped RiverBay satisfy its $57 million mortgage obligation, except for $95 million in arrears, by refinancing the loan later that same Area descriptionHistoryDemographicsTransportation1 of 4Originally a swamp, the site was formerly the home of a 205-acre amusement park named Freedomland that operated from July 1960 to September 1964. Construction on Co-op City began in May 1966. ResidentContinue on kids.kiddle.co »2 of 4Co-op City is on the site of Freedomland, a former amusement park which closed in 1964. Prior to housing that theme park, the land north of the Hutchinson River Parkway was a large area known by residContinue on kids.kiddle.co »3 of 4Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Co-Op City was 43,752, an increase of 3,076 (7.6%) from the 40,676 counted in 2000. Covering an area of 857.55 acres (347.04 ha), thContinue on kids.kiddle.co »4 of 4Co-op City is served by New York City Bus routes Bx5, Bx12, Bx26, Bx28, Bx29, Bx30, and MTA Bus routes Bx23, Q50, BxM7. These local city buses, with the exception of the BxM7 which is an express bus tContinue on kids.kiddle.co »
An Overlooked Bronx Tale Gets a Fresh Telling - Center for
Co-op City and all these other developments you mention were a monument to New York as a city for the middle and working classes, what Co-op
Freedomland Co-op City and the Story of New York (Three
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Freedomland Forever! - Narratively
On the swampland where the towers of Co-op City now stand, Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx and took many odd jobs in New York City,
The Rise and Suspiciously Rapid Fall of Freedomland USA
Jul 10, 2015 - Freedomland U.S.A., an American history-themed amusement park in the East On the swampland where the towers of Co-op City now stand,