Fiorello H. LaGuardia Houses, Building 1
45 Rutgers Street | also 300 Cherry Street | Two Bridges | built 1954
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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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- 1954
Building the LaGuardia Houses and Baruch Houses displaces 1,650 people
Clearing the way for the LaGuardia Houses and the neighboring Baruch Houses displaced about 1,650 people in 1953 and 1954. The new complex was bounded by Madison, Montgomery, Cherry and Rutgers Streets. It was named for Fiorello H. LaGuardia, the mayor who created the New York City Housing Authority.
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- 1957
The LaGuardia Houses open with nine towers designed by Hyman Isaac Feldman
Hyman Isaac Feldman designed the nine buildings of the LaGuardia Houses, each 15 or 16 stories, and they were completed on July 31, 1957. The complex covers nearly 11 acres and has 1,093 apartments. A separate 16-story tower for elderly residents, designed by Emanuel Turano, followed in 1965 at Jefferson and Cherry Streets.
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- 2012
Hurricane Sandy floods the ground floors of four LaGuardia Houses buildings with salt water
Hurricane Sandy damaged the LaGuardia Houses in 2012, with saltwater flooding of 6 to 24 inches on the ground floors of four buildings. The complex later received part of $3 billion in FEMA aid for NYCHA properties in 2015. In 2017 NYCHA sought developers for affordable and market-rate housing on the grounds, estimating $70 million in needed capital repairs.
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