Oral history interview with Clara Fox, 1986

Scope and Contents

Discussion of involved parties in Manhattan Plaza, Education: University of Chicago; Career: introduction to housing, Playschools Association, creation of Settlement Housing Fund, relationship to HRH, Mitchell-Lama program, State of New York Housing, opposition to Section 8, extension of subsidy to performing artists, percentage-mix debate, tenant logistics, union cooperation, Community Board meeting, Board of Estimate meeting, tenanting processes, reflections on success of Manhattan Plaza, community of Manhattan Plaza, future of the subsidies

Subjects

• Fox, Clara--Interviews.
• High-rise apartment buildings--New York (State)--New York.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Zane, Sharon, interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by Manhattan Plaza, 1986