Amalgamated Housing Cooperative
Amalgamated Housing Cooperative | |
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![]() ![]() Location within New York City | |
General information | |
Location | 98 Van Cortlandt Park South, Bronx, NY 10463 |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°53′05″N 73°53′29″W / 40.884732°N 73.891470°W |
Construction started | 1927 |
Completed | 1971 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Herman Jessor |
Amalgamated Housing Cooperative, originally the Amalgamated Cooperative Apartment House, is a pioneering American limited-equity cooperative apartment complex organized under the provisions of the Private Housing Finance (PVH) law, article IV (unlike the Mitchell-Lama housing under PVH, art. II) and originally built from 1927 to 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York.[1]
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, headed by Sidney Hillman and prodded by Cooperative housing founder Abraham E. Kazan, funded and organized the construction of a community of affordable housing for the working class.[2] It was designed by the architectural team that included Herman Jessor, the man who ultimately designed the bulk of the housing cooperatives that went up between 1930-1975. It was the first cooperative housing complex in the United States founded under the limited equity rules. The undertaking was such a success, that it spawned over 40,000 more units to crop up around New York City.[1] Amalgamated Housing grew from original 300 to almost 1500 apartments by 2007. The newest tower building was completed in 1971.
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- Amalgamated Housing Website
- Robie, Alexis. "Lex's Folly: Union Forever", November 17, 2004 10:30 AM
- Hans, Alexandra Vozick. "Amalgamated Housing: The History of a Pioneer Co-Operative 1927 Bronx, New York", LesOnline.com, March 2006 - July 2007
- At Home in Utopia documentary on housing cooperatives in the Bronx highlighting the Coops with footage of the Amalgamated; broadcast on PBS, 2009
- MCNY Blog: New York Stories: Affordable New York: Amalgamated Housing Cooperative
- https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/realestate/van-cortlandt-village-the-bronx-affordable-homes-and-price-of-place.html New York Times]: Affordability, and Pride of Place
- https://www.placematters.net/node/995 Place Matters]: Amalgamated Housing Cooperative