Amsterdam Houses

The Amsterdam Houses are a housing project in New York City that were established in the borough of Manhattan in 1948. The project consists of 13 buildings with over 1,000 apartment units. It covers a 9-acre expanse of the Upper West Side, and is bordered by West 61st and West 64th Streets, from Amsterdam Avenue to West End Avenue, with a 175-apartment addition that was completed in 1974 on West 65th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and West End Avenue. It is owned and managed by New York City Housing Authority.

The demographics living in this development were initially mixed, as it served to house post-war families in affordable housing. Today, mostly black families occupy the Amsterdam Houses.[1]

Notable people who came from this development include Erik Estrada and Daphne Maxwell Reid.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Kilgannon, Corey (2004-08-02). "The Neighborhood Ties That Still Bind". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  2. ↑ "Which NYC Housing Projects Have Produced the Most Famous People?Amsterdam Houses". Complex. Retrieved 2016-10-27.

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