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In January of that year, [5] NYCHA broke ground [6] and the project was completed by June of 1949. [7] The development included a community center, playground, and public park. [8] The Gowanus Houses was the setting for Spike Lee's 1995 film, Clockers, [9] in which it was renamed the "Nelson Mandela Houses" for the movie. [10]
NYCHA broke ground for the development in 1961 [5] and the project was completed on April 30, 1964. [3] The development was designed by Lama, Proskauer, & Prober. [ 6 ] The relatively high cost of land for the Gompers Houses development, $13 per square foot, forced the New York City Housing Authority to build twenty story towers rather than the ...
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City, and is the largest public housing authority in North America. Created in 1934 as the first agency of its kind in the United States, it aims to provide decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers ...
This is a list of buildings held by the New York City Housing Authority, a public corporation that provides affordable housing in New York City, U.S. This list is divided geographically by the five boroughs of New York City : Manhattan , the Bronx , Brooklyn , Queens , and Staten Island .
Carver Houses, or George Washington Carver Houses, is a public housing development built and maintained by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in Spanish Harlem, a neighborhood of Manhattan. [3] [4] Carver Houses has 13 buildings, on a campus with an area of 14.63 acres (5.92 ha). [3]
The Lillian Wald Houses are a NYCHA housing project on the Lower East Side of Manhattan that honors the housing advocate of the same name. [2] [3] The cornerstone was laid on East Sixth Street and Avenue D in 1947 following a change in state financing laws for which Lillian Wald campaigned.
The Robert Fulton Houses is a housing project located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, owned and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The 6.27-acre (2.54 ha) site is located between West 16th and 19th Streets and bounded by Ninth and Tenth Avenues. The project consists of 945 apartments in eleven ...
The project consists of six 8-story buildings with 693 apartment units. It covers 16.87 acres (6.83 ha) and is bordered by Tompkins Avenue, and Broad, Hill, Warren and Gordon Streets. It is owned and managed by New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and is the largest NYCHA development in Staten Island. [1]