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High Rise Stories
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Author : Audrey Petty
language : en
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Release Date : 2021-01-26
High Rise Stories written by Audrey Petty and has been published by Haymarket Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-26 with Social Science categories.
In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago’s iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly at the heart of our national identity.
High Rise
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Author : J. G. Ballard
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-06-28
High Rise written by J. G. Ballard and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-28 with Fiction categories.
Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss.
High Rise
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Author : J. G. Ballard
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 1993
High Rise written by J. G. Ballard and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Apartment dwellers categories.
An eerie glimpse into the future, a spine-tingling fable of the concrete jungle.
Blueprint For Disaster
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Author : D. Bradford Hunt
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Blueprint For Disaster written by D. Bradford Hunt and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Social Science categories.
Now considered a dysfunctional mess, Chicago’s public housing projects once had long waiting lists of would-be residents hoping to leave the slums behind. So what went wrong? To answer this complicated question, D. Bradford Hunt traces public housing’s history in Chicago from its New Deal roots through current mayor Richard M. Daley’s Plan for Transformation. In the process, he chronicles the Chicago Housing Authority’s own transformation from the city’s most progressive government agency to its largest slumlord. Challenging explanations that attribute the projects’ decline primarily to racial discrimination and real estate interests, Hunt argues that well-intentioned but misguided policy decisions—ranging from design choices to maintenance contracts—also paved the road to failure. Moreover, administrators who fully understood the potential drawbacks did not try to halt such deeply flawed projects as Cabrini-Green and the Robert Taylor Homes. These massive high-rise complexes housed unprecedented numbers of children but relatively few adults, engendering disorder that pushed out the working class and, consequently, the rents needed to maintain the buildings. The resulting combination of fiscal crisis, managerial incompetence, and social unrest plunged the CHA into a quagmire from which it is still struggling to emerge. Blueprint for Disaster, then,is an urgent reminder of the havoc poorly conceived policy can wreak on our most vulnerable citizens.
High Risers
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Author : Ben Austen
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-02-13
High Risers written by Ben Austen and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-13 with History categories.
Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green, America’s most iconic public housing project. Built in the 1940s atop an infamous Italian slum, Cabrini-Green grew to twenty-three towers and a population of 20,000—all of it packed onto just seventy acres a few blocks from Chicago’s ritzy Gold Coast. Cabrini-Green became synonymous with crime, squalor, and the failure of government. For the many who lived there, it was also a much-needed resource—it was home. By 2011, every high-rise had been razed, the island of black poverty engulfed by the white affluence around it, the families dispersed. In this novelistic and eye-opening narrative, Ben Austen tells the story of America’s public housing experiment and the changing fortunes of American cities. It is an account told movingly though the lives of residents who struggled to make a home for their families as powerful forces converged to accelerate the housing complex’s demise. Beautifully written, rich in detail, and full of moving portraits, High-Risers is a sweeping exploration of race, class, popular culture, and politics in modern America that brilliantly considers what went wrong in our nation’s effort to provide affordable housing to the poor—and what we can learn from those mistakes.
High Rise Chronicles
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Author : Kia M. Crooms
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2009-05
High Rise Chronicles written by Kia M. Crooms and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with categories.
With less than two feet of sheetrock separating you and your neighbor in a building soaring up to 500 feet in the sky, ever wonder what the individual's story is on the other side of the drywall? In this fast-paced compilation of short stories full of funny witticisms, lessons in spirituality and roller coaster drama, the author takes you on a journey into the lives of the people that inhabit a multi-family residential building. Offering intimate portrayals of each person that lives in the real estate rental property; from the owner and investors to the property manager and the tenants, you will gain a new appreciation for the inner workings of a high-rise apartment building! Your heart will go out to Volda Slack, the irascible foster mother and tenant who works as a principal in an inner-city high school. Promising property manager, Malicki Gretzki, with a Bachelors of Science degree from University of New York, saves the day at a troubled asset while struggling with personal issues of sexuality. At the end of the day, will it even matter? You will find the answers to these questions and many more in High-Rise Chronicles: Every Lease a Different Life, Every Life a Different Story.
Mic Drop
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Author : Sharna Jackson
language : nl
Publisher: High-Rise Mystery
Release Date : 2020-04-02
Mic Drop written by Sharna Jackson and has been published by High-Rise Mystery this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-02 with categories.
High Rise Low Down
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Author : Denise LeFrak Calicchio
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-03
High Rise Low Down written by Denise LeFrak Calicchio and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03 with Business & Economics categories.
High Rise Low Down is the ultimate insider's guide to New York City's most sought-after addresses-the exclusive, closely guarded residences of the most famous and powerful people in the world.
Green Walls In High Rise Buildings
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Author : Antony Wood, Payam Bahrami & Daniel Safarik
language : en
Publisher: Images Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-29
Green Walls In High Rise Buildings written by Antony Wood, Payam Bahrami & Daniel Safarik and has been published by Images Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-29 with Architecture categories.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has produced four Technical Guides to date, since the series launched in late 2012. Each of these guides is the product of a CTBUH Working Group—committees formed specifically to address focused topical subjects in the industry. The intention of each guide is the same—to provide working knowledge to the typical building owner or professional who wants a better understanding of available options for improving tall buildings, and what affects their design. The object of the series is to provide a tool-kit for the creation of better-performing tall buildings, and to spread the understanding of the considerations that need to be made in designing tall. This technical guide offers an extensive overview of the use of vertical vegetation in high-rise buildings, an indepth analysis of green walls, definitions and typology, including standards, policies and incentives. It features comprehensive case studies, along with architectural theories of the public and private benefits of green walls. The book delves into architect-design considerations and limitations, the effects of green walls on energy efficiencies and includes recommendations and future research.
High Rise Invasion Omnibus 9 10
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Author : Tsuina Miura
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2019-09-24
High Rise Invasion Omnibus 9 10 written by Tsuina Miura and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-24 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
IN THIS BLOOD-SOAKED WORLD, ONLY ONE SURVIVOR CAN BECOME A “PERFECT GOD.” One man will kill anyone for that prize! Can the Honjos stop him in time?