Rafael Hernández Houses

187 Allen Street | also 189 Allen Street, 224 Eldridge Street | Lower East Side | built 1970

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1971

    Morris Ketchum Jr. & Associates design Hernandez Houses as one 17-story tower

    The Hernandez Houses is a single 17-story building on a site of about an acre, bounded by East Houston, Allen, Stanton and Eldridge Streets. The tower holds 149 apartments for roughly 280 people. Morris Ketchum Jr. & Associates were the architects.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1971

    Morris Ketchum Jr., a former AIA president, is the architect of the Allen Street tower

    Morris Ketchum Jr. practiced in New York from 1938 to 1980 and was president of the American Institute of Architects for 1965 and 1966. Earlier, his firm designed Shopper's World in Framingham, Massachusetts, which opened in 1951 and ranks among the first suburban shopping malls in the United States. His list of works dates the Hernandez Houses, at 189 Allen Street, to 1971.

    “NYCHA Hernandez Houses, 189 Allen St, Manhattan (1971)…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1971

    August 31

    NYCHA completes the Rafael Hernández Houses

    NYCHA completes a single 17-story public-housing building on a site of about an acre, with 149 apartments for roughly 280 residents. Morris Ketchum Jr. & Associates are the architects. The block is bordered by East Houston, Allen, Stanton, and Eldridge Streets.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1971

    The housing complex is named for composer Rafael Hernández Marín

    The development, completed in 1971, is named for the Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernández Marín (1892-1965). During World War I he was a member of the United States Armed Forces.

    Source: Wikipedia

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