Good Guys, Wise Guys, and Putting Up Buildings: A Life in Construction

Good Guys, Wise Guys, and Putting Up Buildings: A Life in Construction

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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.

Author: Samual C. Florman
Format: Hardback, 320 pages, 140mm x 210mm
Published: 2012, Thomas Dunne Books, United States
Genre: Autobiography: General

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9780312641672-SECONDHAND
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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.