LaGuardia Houses, Building 3

65 Jefferson Street | also 300 Cherry Street | Two Bridges | built 1954

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1909

   The Rutgers Place public baths open beside the future site of LaGuardia Houses

   Built in 1909 in the Beaux-Arts style, the Rutgers Place Public Baths and Gymnasium stood on the block now surrounded by LaGuardia Houses at Madison and Jefferson streets. It had a 54-by-24-foot pool, a gymnasium on the top floor, and separate bathing days for men and women. After the surrounding tenement blocks were cleared in 1957 for LaGuardia Houses, the bathhouse was left to decay until the city announced plans to demolish it.

   Source: Ephemeral New York

2. 1957

   LaGuardia Houses honor the mayor who created the New York City Housing Authority

   The development is named for Fiorello H. LaGuardia, who served as the 99th mayor of New York City and created the New York City Housing Authority. Though he was a Republican and President Franklin D. Roosevelt a Democrat, the two cooperated to bring federal money to projects across the city. The complex was completed on July 31, 1957.

   Source: Wikipedia

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