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Metrofix The Combative Comeback of a Company Town
Sinopsis
Cities are about living with other people suburbs
are about isolate happiness.Metrofix The
Combative Comeback of a Company Town shows what
went right and what went wrong when General
Electric moved most of its businesses out of
Schenectady, New York. Once known as
8220ThCity that Lights and Hauls the
World8221because of its electrical and
railroad industries, the Electric City enjoyed
decades of dizzying, enviable success. Like
other river towns upstate, it was a
20th-century, economic powerhouse that fueled the
wealth and reputation of the Empire State.But
between 1960 and 2000, this company town would
lose 30,000 residents, a third of its
population, mainly through aggressive layoffs
by GE. Schenectady, like so many other cities in
post-industrial America, faced overwhelming
forces that pushed it toward imminent ruin
flight to the suburbs a diminished tax base a
corrupt police department relentless political
warfare gang and drug problems in decaying
neighborhoods a burgeoning surplus of zombie
houses and mounting deficits. In spite of it
all, though, Schenectady8217sbusiness leaders
and arts lovers, politicians and volunteers,
non-profit organizations and philanthropic
foundations, neighborhood associations and
volunteers, all found innovative ways to rebuild
their city, and this riveting book chronicles
those efforts.With historic photos,
deeply-researched details of the
city8217ssuccesses and failures, and
thought-provoking portraits of some of its most
dynamic citizens, Metrofix is an inspirational
story that shows how an acclaimed theater,
(Proctor8217s, a business-led, volunteer
revitalization organization, (Schenectady 2000),
a unique public authority, (Metroplex), and
hundreds of
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dedicated citizens pulled their city back from
the brink of disaster and did, in fact, change
their world. u Praise for /u u Metrofix /u
8220InWilliam Patrick8217smeticulously-
researched and delightfully-written telling, the
story of Schenectady is the story of much of
America 8211a company town at the core of an
innovative industry, growth followed by
deindustrialization and urban decline, a hard-
fought comeback fueled by immigration and local
initiative.8221Richard Florida, author of The
Rise of the Creative Class8220Mydad took a job
as the manager of the General Electric Athletic
Association, so from 1950 to 1963 8211until I
went off to college in Kentucky 8211Schenectady
is where I grew up. What a place to be raised
in. Everyone worked. Everyone played. Everyone
seemed to have fun. Everyone believed in
America. A blue collar city where people took a
lot of pride in being part of its growth,
Schenectady and the people I met there made me.
William B. Patrick8217sdeep dive into this
great city8217spast, with the very up-close
and personal transformation to today, is an
incredible piece of work that will humble anyone
who reads this story. It is fascinating.8221Pat
Riley, President of the Miami Heat
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