Harlem River Houses | |
NYC Landmark No. 0894
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 Seen from Harlem River Drive walkway (2014) | |
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| Location | West 151st to 153rd Sts., Macombs Pl. and Harlem River Dr. Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′33″N 73°56′12″W / 40.82583°N 73.93667°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1936-37[2] |
| Architect | Archibald Manning Brown (chief architect), et al.[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001605[1] |
| NYCL No. | 0894 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 18, 1979 |
| Designated NYCL | September 23, 1975 |
The Harlem River Houses is a New York City Housing Authority public housing complex between 151st Street, 153rd Street, Macombs Place, and the Harlem River Drive in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The complex, which covers 9 acres (3.6 ha), was built in 1936-37 and opened in October 1937[3] – one of the first two housing projects in the city funded by the Federal government – with the goal of providing quality housing for working-class African Americans.[2] It has 574 apartments.[3]
The complex was designated a New York City Landmark in 1975[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] In 2014 the complex was designated a Special Planned Community Preservation District, a zoning category created in 1974 "to preserve and protect ... superior examples of town planning or large-scale development."[4] The success of the project can be attributed to its formal, classically influenced design, to the project's focus on attracting a wide variety of tenants, not just the indigent, and to its "generous budget and high aspirations for quality."[3]
Sometime in 2022, the development was converted into RAD PACT Section 8 Management in a Public-private partnership between NYCHA and with the following private companies; Settlement Housing Fund Inc, West Harlem Group Assistance, L+M Builders Group, and C&C Apartment Management LLC. Presbyterian Senior Services was added to their site as a social service provider for their residents.[5][6]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1..204
- ^ a b c Radford, Gail. "Harlem River Houses" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2.
- ^ "Zoning Resolution" Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://rew-online.com/nycha-and-hdc-finalize-deal-to-begin-236-million-renovation-at-harlem-river/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Experience".