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New York
Architecture Images-Harlem and the Heights 1 to 9 and 10 Mount Morris Park West |
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Gilbert A. Schellenger and Edward L. Angell |
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1 to 9 and 10 Mount Morris Park West |
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date |
1891-3 |
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Deteriorating behind a
forbidding fence and situated next to a former women's prison, New York
State acquired this series of once elegant houses by eminent domain in
1968. Numbers 1-5, designed by Gilbert A. Schellenger in 1893 and
Numbers 6-10, designed by Edward L. Angell in 1891, were slated for
demolition and the construction of a drug rehabilitation center was
proposed. Thanks to community opposition, however, that plan was
abandoned. In 2000, the ten sites, including the corner site (a former
New York State minimum security women's prison), were acquired by the
Harlem Community Development Corporation and will be developed into
market-rate private homes. The proposed designs intend to respect the
historic architectural traditions of the surrounding Mount Morris Park
Historic District.
Note- these houses have now been restored, and look incredible. |
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| With special thanks to www.nyc.gov | |
