Frances Goldin

Frances Axler Goldin (June 22, 1924- May 16, 2020) was a housing rights activist and literary agent in New York City.[1] She was a founding member of the Metropolitan Council on Housing[2] and the Cooper Square Committee. Beginning in 1959, she led a successful campaign to defeat an urban renewal plan of Robert Moses, which would have replaced historic, affordable housing with a freeway in the Lower East Side. For decades, Goldin was associated with the Lower East Side, where she was a neighborhood preservationist and community figure.[3] The 175 Essex Building of Essex Crossing is named in her honor,[4] and she was profiled in the documentary It Took 50 Years.[5]

  1. ^ "Frances Goldin, Famed New York Housing Activist, Dies at 96". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  2. ^ "Organizers". Met Council on Housing. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  3. ^ Roberts, Sam (2020-05-18). "Frances Goldin, a Crusader for the Lower East Side, Dies at 95". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  4. ^ "Frances Goldin | The Lo-Down : News from the Lower East Side". www.thelodownny.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  5. ^ Powell, Ryan Joseph, David. "It Took 50: The Struggle for Cooper Square". It Took 50 - The Documentary. Retrieved 2020-05-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)