Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings A Life in Construction
Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings A Life in Construction
- ISBN 13:
9780312641672
- ISBN 10:
0312641672
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 03/13/2012
- Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
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Summary
Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII, Samuel C. Florman made his way as a general contractor in New York City through the period of explosive development, private exuberance and the historic growth of publicly supported housing--all amidst the rise of the notorious Mafia families,and evolution of the Civil Rights Movement. His storied career brought him into contact with a variety of personalities: politicians and civil servants, developers and technocrats, saintly do-gooders and corrupt rapscallions. Along with the rousing adventures there were satisfactions of a different sort:the enchantment of seeing architecture made real; the pride of creating housing, hospitals, schools, places of worship--shelter for the body and nourishment for the spirit.