TY  - BOOK
N2  - "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"--
AB  - "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"--
T1  - Good guys, wise guys, and putting up buildings :a life in construction /
DA  - 2012.
CY  - New York :
AU  - Florman, Samuel C.
ET  - 1st ed.
CN  - TH140.F59
CN  - TH140.F59
PB  - Thomas Dunne Books,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2012.
N1  - Includes index.
ID  - 456056
KW  - Civil engineers
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Construction industry
SN  - 9780312641672
SN  - 0312641672
TI  - Good guys, wise guys, and putting up buildings :a life in construction /
ER  -