LeFrak City and The Politics of Place
By Lindsay Holcomb Chapter One – Building the City of Tomorrow On a warm spring morning in 1954, Samuel LeFrak walked out of… Read More »LeFrak City and The Politics of Place
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Came for the Pool. Stayed Despite the Crime.
By Lindsay Holcomb Malikah Shabazz is president of the Tenants Association at LeFrak City, a privately-owned housing complex in New York City with 25,000 residents.… Read More »Came for the Pool. Stayed Despite the Crime.
Reversing Deterioration and Restoring Confidence
By Lindsay Holcomb In February 1976, the New York City Commission on Human Rights released a 39-page report on LeFrak City called “LeFrak City:… Read More »Reversing Deterioration and Restoring Confidence
Four Dimensional Living
By Lindsay Holcomb In the heart of Queens, along the busy Long Island Expressway, stand 20 identical brown buildings, each 16 stories tall and emblazoned… Read More »Four Dimensional Living