Reminiscences of I. D. Robbins, 1976

Biographical Note

Civic worker

Scope and Contents

New York (N.Y.) political system, politicians, media, from the 1930s to the 1970s; 1952- , association with City Club of New York, president (1959), founding editor of CITY CLUB COMMENTS; effect of Mitchell-Lama Act on establishment of Big Six Towers apartments and Hunts Point Cooperative Market; essays, opinions published in DAILY NEWS, WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES; mayoralty nomination effort and withdrawal, 1965; impressions of John Lindsay, Robert Moses, Robert Wagner, other New York City leaders

Subjects

• City Club of New York.
• City planning and redevelopment law.
• Edwin, Ed, interviewer.
• Housing.
• Interviews.
• Mayors--New York (State)--New York.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1951-
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Robbins, I. D., 1913-1996--Interviews.
• Social reformers--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980