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 [...]

“Siegel, an accomplished historian with an intimate understanding of an appreciation for his home city, has written a gripping narrative.”
- E. T. Jones, Choice
“Though written from a conservative perspective , The Prince of the CIty is heavily researched, strictly respectful of the facts, and first-rate reading for biographers, historians, and anyone wishing to learn more about [...]

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 [...]