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A History of Housing in New York City (Reprint Edition) by Professor Richard Plunz, Richard A. Plunz, Kenneth Jackson (Foreword) Paperback, 422 Pages, Published 1990 ISBN-10: 0-231-06297-4 / 0231062974 ISBN-13: 978-0-231-06297-8 / 9780231062978 The French architect Le Corbusier once described New York as "a magnificent catastrophe." Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis"' New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and re |