Main entry:

Florman, Samuel C.

Title & Author:

Good guys, wise guys, and putting up buildings : a life in construction / Samuel C. Florman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012.

Description:

342 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
I can have you killed for fifty -- Can do -- Explorations -- The stupendous builder -- Nice guys finish last -- A new beginning, treacherous tides, and a bit of luck -- Dollars and cents -- Deus ex Machina -- A happy family -- Extended family -- Friends -- They say it's who you know -- Architects and technocrats -- Developers -- La Cosa Nostra -- Corruption -- Affirmative Action -- The women -- Danger -- 9/11 -- The job from hell -- And a happy ending of course -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780312641672 (hardback)
0312641672 (hardback)
9781429941082
1429941081

Subject:

Civil engineers United States Biography.
Contractors United States Biography.
Construction industry New York (State) New York History.
Ingénieurs civils États-Unis Biographies.
Entrepreneurs États-Unis Biographies.
Construction Industrie New York (État) New York Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Personal Memoirs.
Buildings.
Civil engineers.
Construction industry.
Contractors.
Civil engineering United States Biography.
Construction industry New York (N.Y.) History.
Buildings New York (N.Y.) History.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. History.
New York (State) New York.
United States.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs^TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General.

Form/genre:

Autobiography
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279526
Call No.: BIB 215566
Status: Available