@article{456056,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Florman, Samuel C.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/456056},
      title = {Good guys, wise guys, and putting up buildings : a life in  construction /},
      publisher = {Thomas Dunne Books,},
      abstract = {"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"--},
      recid = {456056},
      pages = {342 p. ;},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2012},
}