Reshaping New York's Landscape.

Keywords: planned communities; public space; neoliberalism; public-private partnerships; racial segregation EN planned communities public space neoliberalism public-private partnerships racial segregation 1388 1393 6 10/12/21 20211101 NES 211101 Samuel, Lawrence R. (2019). At a time of an acute housing shortage in the city, Parkchester offered improved living conditions for residents eager to leave slums in tenement neighborhoods but unable to pay high rental fees in Manhattan apartment buildings. Parkchester, like Stuyvesant Town, perpetuated racial segregation in New York, revealing the limitations of private and public housing programs at the time. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), possessing the legal power of eminent domain to take private property for public use, had already embraced slum clearance methods to remake impoverished neighborhoods with public housing for the working poor. [Extracted from the article]