Fred Siegel is a professor of history at the Cooper Union for Science and Art in New York City and a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington. His last book, The Future Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A., and the Fate of America’s Big Cities, was named by Peter Jennings as one of the 100 most important books about the United States in the 20th century. Siegel lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Jan Rosenberg. He was assisted in this book by his son, Harry Siegel.
paperback, by Fred Siegel — In this newly updated and comprehensive account of the career of “America’s Mayor,” Fred Siegel shows how Rudi Giuliani’s successes in New York—restoring law and order, cutting taxes, and radically reducing the welfare rolls—demonstrated that cities might again become vibrant and dynamic places to live after thirty years of middle class flight. As someone who has worked with[...]
hardcover, by Fred Siegel —
In this first comprehensive account of the career of “America’s Mayor,” Fred Siegel shows how Rudi Giuliani’s successes in New York—restoring law and order, cutting taxes, and radically reducing the welfare rolls—demonstrated that cities might again become vibrant and dynamic places to live after thirty years of middle class flight.
As someone who has worked with Giuliani[...]
by Fred Siegel — In The Future Once Happened Here, Fred Siegel tells an incredible story about the fate of America's most influential cities: New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Standing as metaphors for America's urban life because of their stature as nerve centers of the nation, these three cities—once celebrated for their excitement and creativity as well as their ability to incorporate[...]
