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008 111006s2012 nyu 001 0aeng
010 $a 2011041332
020 $a9780312641672 (hardback)
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050 00 $aTH140.F59$bA3 2012
082 00 $a624.092$aB$223
084 $aBIO026000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFlorman, Samuel C.
245 10 $aGood guys, wise guys, and putting up buildings :$ba life in construction /$cSamuel C. Florman.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bThomas Dunne Books,$c2012.
300 $a342 p. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII, Samuel C. Florman made his way as a general contractor in New York City through the period of explosive development, private exuberance and the historic growth of publicly supported housing--all amidst the rise of the notorious Mafia families, and evolution of the Civil Rights Movement. His storied career brought him into contact with a variety of personalities: politicians and civil servants, developers and technocrats, saintly do-gooders, and corrupt rapscallions. Along with the rousing adventures there were satisfactions of a different sort: the enchantment of seeing architecture made real; the pride of creating housing, hospitals, schools, places of worship--shelter for the body and nourishment for the spirit"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aCivil engineers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aContractors$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aConstruction industry$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
651 0 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xBuildings, structures, etc.$xHistory.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$2bisacsh