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Slum Area to Be Torn Down Here to Make Way for Gardens
Construction of Morningside Gardens begins with demolition of two blocks on a 25 acre site bounded by Broadway Amsterdam Avenue West 123 Street and La Salle Street. The six twenty story buildings will house about 2900 families and tie into nearby General Grant Houses. The project cost 15 million dollars funded by a coalition of religious educational and medical institutions led by Morningside Heights Housing Corporation. Tenants pay 600 to 700 dollars per room as down payment and 16 to 23 dollars per room monthly including all charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morningside Gardens
Broadway
Amsterdam Avenue
West 123 Street
la Salle Street
The
Heights
Morningside Heights Housing Corporation
Barnard
Columbia University
International House
Union Theological Seminary
Teachers’ College
Jewish Theological Seminary
Riverside Church
General Grant Houses
Amsterdam and
Morningside Avenues
West 123
Manhattan
McIntosh
West 123Rd Street
la Salle St
Morningside Heights