Photo by Percy Loomis Speer showing storefronts on the east side of Ninth Ave. between West 39th and 40th Streets, 1937.Photo by Percy Loomis Speer showing storefronts on the east side of Ninth Ave. between West 39th and 40th Streets, 1937.Three New York City housing sites, a Hell’s Kitchen open-air market, and the Hunts Point rail station have been recommended by Governor Kathy Hochul for inclusion on state and national registers of historic places.
The buildings housed Jewish families who fled war-torn Europe as well as other immigrants. The complex was rebranded Hampton Court in 1987 with 316 co-op apartments.Rendered view of proposed Boulevard Houses, looking south from Linden Boulevard, 1949.New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Built between 1949 to 1950, the 26-acre Boulevard Houses development was part of the city’s housing for veterans returning from serving in World War II. The complex holds 18 residential buildings with about 1,400 units on two blocks divided by a landscaped mall. Rendering of the future Fiorentino Plaza public housing development, from “Central Brooklyn Model Cities,” in Plan for New York City 1969: A ProposalRendering of the future Fiorentino Plaza public housing development, from “Central Brooklyn Model Cities,” in Plan for New York City 1969: A ProposalNew York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation