Author : Arnold Lobel
Publisher : Harper Trophy
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 1987-07-01
Category : New York (N.Y.)
ISBN : 9780064431446
Stuyvesant arriving in New Amsterdam in 1647 finds the whole place a total disgrace.
Author : L. J. Krizner
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 19,46 MB
Release : 2000-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823957323
Discusses the origins of New York, once the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, with a focus on the leadership of Peter Stuyvesant.
Author : Anna Erskine Crouse
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 12,28 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
A biography of the Dutchman who arrived to be governor of New Amsterdam in 1647.
Author : Robert Quackenbush
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 16,10 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780136339342
A brief biography of the Dutchman who arrived to be governor of New Amsterdam in 1647 and turned it from a muddy village into a well-organized city.
Author : Joan Banks
Publisher : Chelsea House Pub
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 25,72 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780791053461
A biography of the hot-tempered leader who, though intolerant and unpopular, brought major reforms to the colony of New Netherlands before its surrender to the British in 1664.
Author : Daniel R. Garodnick
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1501754394
From city streets to City Hall and to Midtown corporate offices, Saving Stuyvesant Town is the incredible true story of how one middle class community defeated the largest residential real estate deal in American history. Lifetime Stuy Town resident and former City Councilman Dan Garodnick recounts how his neighbors stood up to mammoth real estate interests and successfully fought to save their homes, delivering New York City's biggest-ever affordable housing preservation win. In 2006, Garodnick found himself engaged in an unexpected battle. Stuyvesant Town was built for World War II veterans by MetLife, in partnership with the City. Two generations removed, MetLife announced that it would sell Stuy Town to the highest bidder. Garodnick and his neighbors sprang into action. Battle lines formed with real estate titans like Tishman Speyer and BlackRock facing an organized coalition of residents, who made a competing bid to buy the property themselves. Tripped-up by an over-leveraged deal, the collapse of the American housing market, and a novel lawsuit brought by tenants, the real estate interests collapsed, and the tenants stood ready to take charge and shape the future of their community. The result was a once-in-a-generation win for tenants and an extraordinary outcome for middle-class New Yorkers. Garodnick's colorful and heartfelt account of this crucial moment in New York City history shows how creative problem solving, determination, and brute force politics can be marshalled for the public good. The nine-year struggle to save Stuyvesant Town by these residents is an inspiration to everyone who is committed to ensuring that New York remains a livable, affordable, and economically diverse city.
Author : John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 25,82 MB
Release : 1873
Category : New York (State)
ISBN :
Author : Charles T. Gehring
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815627920
Volume XI of the Dutch Colonial Manuscripts comprises the correspondence of Petrus Stuyvesant from 1647 to 1653. It represents the first six years of his seventeen-year tenure as director general of New Netherland, spanning the final years of the war with Spain through the first war with England. Stuyvesant became director general of the possessions of the West India Company at a critical time in the history of the United Provinces. Major changes were taking place in European affairs. The thirty year war in Germany and the eighty-year Dutch revolt against Spain were both to be resolved within a year. England had overthrown the monarchy and was about to embark on an experiment with republicanism, which would have grave implications forthe Dutch nation. Through this volume of Stuyvesant's letters, Charles T. Gehring shows how the young Stuyvesant—only thirty-six years old when he became director—handled major problems in his administration. Through recovered correspondence from West India Company directors from Amsterdam, Gehring shows how Stuyvesant managed to confront the challenges before him. His accomplishments were many but he was renowned for the stabilization of the boundary with New England; the resolution of the dispute with the patroonship of Rensselaerswijck; and the neutralization of Swedish influence in the Delaware.
Author : Russell Shorto
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 2005-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1400096332
In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history. "Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past." --The New York Times When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed: 12,000 pages of its records–recently declared a national treasure–are now being translated. Russell Shorto draws on this remarkable archive in The Island at the Center of the World, which has been hailed by The New York Times as “a book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past.” The Dutch colony pre-dated the “original” thirteen colonies, yet it seems strikingly familiar. Its capital was cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic, and its citizens valued free trade, individual rights, and religious freedom. Their champion was a progressive, young lawyer named Adriaen van der Donck, who emerges in these pages as a forgotten American patriot and whose political vision brought him into conflict with Peter Stuyvesant, the autocratic director of the Dutch colony. The struggle between these two strong-willed men laid the foundation for New York City and helped shape American culture. The Island at the Center of the World uncovers a lost world and offers a surprising new perspective on our own.
Author : Charles V. Bagli
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0142180718
A veteran New York Times reporter dissects the most spectacular failure in real estate history Real estate giant Tishman Speyer and its partner, BlackRock, lost billions of dollars when their much-vaunted purchase of Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village in New York City failed to deliver the expected profits. But how did Tishman Speyer walk away from the deal unscathed, while others took the financial hit—and MetLife scored a $3 billion profit? Illuminating the world of big real estate the way Too Big to Fail did for banks, Other People’s Money is a riveting account of politics, high finance, and the hubris that ultimately led to the nationwide real estate meltdown.
