Smith Houses Building 9
15 St James Place | also 17 St James Place, 19 St James Place, 20 Madison Street | Two Bridges | built 1950
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1953
Public housing complex is named for Al Smith, the governor raised blocks away
The Alfred E. Smith Houses were built in 1953 and named for Al Smith (1873-1944), four-term governor and 1928 presidential candidate who grew up on the Lower East Side. Before politics he worked at the Fulton Fish Market and later at a pump factory. A statue of Smith stands in a playground off Catherine and Madison Streets.
Source: Forgotten New York
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