Baruch Houses

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Baruch Houses
ZIP codes
10002
Area codes212, 332, 646, and 917
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Bernard M. Baruch Houses, or Baruch Houses, is a

tower in the park" project designs.[4] It has 2,194 apartments, which house an estimated 5,397 people.[3][5] These apartments are distributed throughout 17 buildings.[3] Baruch Houses I is seven stories tall, Baruch Houses XI, XIII, and XV are thirteen stories tall, and the rest (II-X, XII, XIV, XVI-XVII) are fourteen stories tall.[6] Combined, these buildings have 2.9 million square feet (270,000 m2).[3][5]

Baruch Houses Addition, or Baruch Addition, is an eighteenth building for seniors, built in 1977.[6][7] Baruch Addition is located on Columbia Street, at the start of Rivington Street, and has 197 units in twenty-three stories.[5][6][7]

Development

The Baruch Houses from the Williamsburg Bridge

The Baruch Houses were designed by

Emery Roth & Sons[4] and was completed June 30, 1959.[3] Between the construction of LaGuardia Houses and Baruch Houses, 1,650 people were displaced in 1953-1954.[8] It is named after Bernard Baruch, a Wall Street trader, economic advisor during World War I and World War II, and confidant to six presidents.[3]

In 2013, the Baruch Houses were included in mayor Michael Bloomberg's 80/20 infill plan that would lease the development's open space to housing developers to create 80% market rate housing and 20% affordable housing. In 2015, under Bill de Blasio, the plan changed to 50/50 infill.[9] The infill plan is intended to fund the $241.9 million the development needs for repairs.[10] NYCHA tenants and affordable housing advocates oppose the plan.[11]

After Hurricane Sandy, NYCHA received $355 million from the city to repair properties damaged by the storm in 2017. The Baruch Houses improvements include new roofs, flood proofing, installation of full back-up power generators, new heat and hot water service, restoration of the playgrounds.[12][13] Architects Nelligan White designed elevated central heating plant and outbuildings for backup generation system as part of this plan.[14]

Roberto Napoleon is the Resident Association President for Baruch Houses. Samuel Manguel is the Resident Association President for Baruch Houses Addition.[15]

Notable people

Ursula M. Burns (born 1958), businesswoman and former chairman and CEO of Xerox.[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Baruch Houses Population".
  2. ^ "Baruch Houses Area". Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "BARUCH HOUSES/BARUCH ADDITION". NYCHA Housing Developments. New York: New York City Housing Authority. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-231-06297-8
    . Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c "Land Rich-Pocket Poor" (PDF). mbpo.org. New York: Manhattan Borough President's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  6. ^ a b c "Bernard M. Baruch Houses, New York City". Emporis.com. New York: Emporis Corporation. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Guide to applying for public housing". New York City Housing Authority. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  8. ISBN 978-0-8166-3182-7
    . Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  9. ^ "NYCHA will build on 'hot' East Side, chief assures". The Villager. December 10, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  10. ^ Semuels, Alana (May 19, 2015). "New York City's Public-Housing Crisis". The Atlantic. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  11. ^ Dailey, Jessica (March 20, 2013). "NYCHA Shares Details About Controversial Land Leasing Plan". Curbed NY. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  12. ^ "NYCHA gets $355 million to replace crumbling building facades". WPIX 11 New York. May 16, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  13. ^ "Digging for History at Baruch Houses | NYCHA". www.nychajournal.nyc. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  14. ^ Architects, Nelligan White. "Baruch Houses, Nelligan White Architects". nelliganwhite.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  15. ^ "Manhattan South District CCOP Office". Residents' Corner. New York: New York City Housing Authority. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  16. ^ "Xerox's Stock Price is Rising, but It's Not What You Think". democratandchronicle.com. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  17. ^ Johnson, Kandia (January 6, 2017). "Ursula Burns Steps Down as Xerox CEO after Company Split". blackenterprise.com. Black Enterprise Magazine. Retrieved July 26, 2021.

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