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Alhambra Apartments

architect

Montrose W. Morris

location

Nostrand Avenue

date

1889

style

a blend of Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne  

construction

brick and terracotta

type

Apartment Building
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

notes

The Alhambra, a highly elaborated apartment block original built in 1889 by the prominent Brooklyn architect Montrose W. Morris as a blend of Romanesque Revival and the Queen Anne styles. The building was not adequately maintained and fell into complete disrepair by the 1980s. Vacant for years, in 1994 it experienced a devastating fire and was a source of significant neighborhood blight. Anderson Associates proposed an extensive rehabilitation of the Alhambra to create a mixed use residential building. A complex financial structure was proposed that combined numerous disperate financial sources. Overcoming numerous impediments and bad fortune, the restoration of this historic building has helped return the economic and residential vitality of Nostrand Avenue, and essential retail core of Bedford Stuyvesant. The the rehabilitation of the property has created a landmark of unusually high quality. The tenants are working class and the rent structure is extraordinarily favorable. The Alhambra represents a hallmark marriage between affordable housing development and historic preservation.

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