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@ MikefromCT thanks for the book suggestion. I think the first few projects that were built in Queens might have been in Long Island City?? That's what I heard but I am not too, too sure. Sorry.... @ NYChistorygal thanks so much for saying so. That's really sweet.
I suggest to anyone who wants to know the history of NYCHA, from beginning to present, to read "Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century" by Nicholas Bloom. As far as I know, it's the only book devoted to the entire history of Housing.
I suggest to anyone who wants to know the history of NYCHA, from beginning to present, to read "Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century" by Nicholas Bloom. As far as I know, it's the only book devoted to the entire history of Housing.
I must have been thinking of the Queensbridge Houses in Queens. Those are earlier ones too, even if they're not the first. They're probably the biggest complex, though. I mean, I haven't actually been to them but I've familiar with that complex. It is huge.
I'm curious as to how exactly these older complexes hold up today, if they plan on maintaining them or replacing them, and how the area is.
Looking around on Google Maps, you can tell where the projects are by the fact that they are all dark and miserable even from above.
Why are they all designed in the same way? To me, its kind of insulting grouping all people who require public housing to live in exactly the same type of building that screams "Hey, everyone in here is poor!".
my guess is that the majority of developments that look similar were probably designed by the same architect, or same group of architects.
there are a few NYCHA developments that are unique in design:
williamsburg houses, the only NYCHA desginated as a historic landmark:
marlboro houses, whose high rises feature exterior hallways...its hard to explain but if you have seen the movie american gangster, its the housing project in the end where they do the raid, and the exterior hallways are shown. i have been there before and walked through them.
sorry no pic
nostrand houses, where the walls of the stairwells are made of plexiglass (obvious crime deterrent) i've been here before too
sorry no pic
coney island 1 (sites 4 and 5): this is a nycha building with actual duplex apartments. i have been in these, and one elevator stops on only even floors, the other stops on odd. not for nothing, these were one of the filthiest projects i have ever been to. vey dirty. no pics again. the building is nicknamed "pissy pink" byt the residents.
I must have been thinking of the Queensbridge Houses in Queens. Those are earlier ones too, even if they're not the first. They're probably the biggest complex, though. I mean, I haven't actually been to them but I've familiar with that complex. It is huge.
I'm curious as to how exactly these older complexes hold up today, if they plan on maintaining them or replacing them, and how the area is.
structurally the majority of NYCHA stock is very strong. no falling bricks or anything of that nature. most NYCHA buildings exeperience such issues as roof and pipe leaks. but nothing major to the infrastructure.
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marlboro houses, whose high rises feature exterior hallways...its hard to explain but if you have seen the movie american gangster, its the housing project in the end where they do the raid, and the exterior hallways are shown. i have been there before and walked through them.
sorry no pic
nostrand houses, where the walls of the stairwells are made of plexiglass (obvious crime deterrent) i've been here before too
sorry no pic
coney island 1 (sites 4 and 5): this is a nycha building with actual duplex apartments. i have been in these, and one elevator stops on only even floors, the other stops on odd. not for nothing, these were one of the filthiest projects i have ever been to. vey dirty. no pics again. the building is nicknamed "pissy pink" byt the residents.
marlboro houses, whose high rises feature exterior hallways...its hard to explain but if you have seen the movie american gangster, its the housing project in the end where they do the raid, and the exterior hallways are shown. i have been there before and walked through them.
sorry no pic
nostrand houses, where the walls of the stairwells are made of plexiglass (obvious crime deterrent) i've been here before too
sorry no pic
coney island 1 (sites 4 and 5): this is a nycha building with actual duplex apartments. i have been in these, and one elevator stops on only even floors, the other stops on odd. not for nothing, these were one of the filthiest projects i have ever been to. vey dirty. no pics again. the building is nicknamed "pissy pink" byt the residents.
Looking around on Google Maps, you can tell where the projects are by the fact that they are all dark and miserable even from above.
Why are they all designed in the same way? To me, its kind of insulting grouping all people who require public housing to live in exactly the same type of building that screams "Hey, everyone in here is poor!".
It's not just the public housing projects so it has nothing to with class or income or humiliating poor people.
If you look around NYC you will see lots of non projects that have the same look and are made of the same brick.
Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan are marketed as luxury housing: http://www.realestatechannel.com/new...esant-Town.jpg
Looking around on Google Maps, you can tell where the projects are by the fact that they are all dark and miserable even from above.
Why are they all designed in the same way? To me, its kind of insulting grouping all people who require public housing to live in exactly the same type of building that screams "Hey, everyone in here is poor!".
It's not just the public housing projects so it has nothing to with class or income or humiliating poor people.
If you look around NYC you will see lots of non projects that have the same look and are made of the same brick.
Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan are marketed as luxury housing: http://www.realestatechannel.com/new...esant-Town.jpg
You might be assuming that some of these complexes are "projects" when they are not.
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