High life : condo living in the suburban century / Matthew Gordon Lasner.

Main entry:

Lasner, Matthew Gordon, author.

Title & Author:

High life : condo living in the suburban century / Matthew Gordon Lasner.

Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2012]

Description:

xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-312) and index.
The Browne decades -- Town & country -- Cooperative commonwealth -- Vertical subdivisions -- Leisure worlds -- California townhouses -- Back to the city.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather than a single-family dwelling. As the American dream evolves, precipitated by declining real estate prices and a renewed interest in city living, many predict that condos will become the predominant form of housing in the 21st century. In this unprecedented study Matthew Gordon Lasner explores the history of co-owned multifamily housing in the United States, from New York City's first co-op, in 1881, to contemporary condo and townhouse complexes coast to coast. Lasner explains the complicated social, economic, and political factors that have increased demand for this way of living, situating the trend within the larger housing market and broad shifts in residential architecture. He contrasts the prevalence and popularity of condos, townhouses, and other privately governed communities with their ambiguous economic, legal, and social standing, as well as their striking absence from urban and architectural history.

ISBN:

9780300164084 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300164084 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300269192 (paperback : alk. paper)
0300269196
9780300269345 (ebook)

Subject:

Condominiums United States.
Apartment houses, Cooperative United States.
Immeubles d'habitation coopératifs États-Unis.
Apartment houses, Cooperative.
Condominiums.
Wohnungseigentum
Mehrfamilienhaus
Apartmenthaus
Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft
United States.
USA

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279733
Call No.: BIB 215906
Status: Available

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