Reminiscences of I. D. Robbins, 1976
Reminiscences of I. D. Robbins, 1976
- Name
- Robbins, I. D., 1913-1996 (Interviewee)
- Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of I. D. Robbins, 1976
- Abstract
- 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 eff ort and withdrawal, 1965; impressions of John Lindsay, Robert Moses, Robert Wagner, other New York City leaders
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Social reformers; Housing; City planning and redevelopment law; Mayors--New York (State); New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1898-1951; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1951-; Robbins, I. D., 1913-1996; City Club of New York
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 350 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Civic worker
- Note
- Interviewed by Ed Edwin
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15320929
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-hxe8-5598
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.