Hudson View Gardens

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Coordinates: 40°51′14.88″N 73°56′20.56″W / 40.8541333°N 73.9390444°W / 40.8541333; -73.9390444
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Hudson View Gardens
Tudor Revival
Websitehudsonviewgardens.com
NRHP reference No.16000020
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 2016

Hudson View Gardens is a cooperative apartment complex located on Pinehurst Avenue and

Bennett Park – which includes Manhattan's highest natural point – to the east. The complex was constructed as a housing cooperative from 1923 to 1925.[1] In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

The entrance to Building R, one of the four-story walk-up buildings

At a time when some believed that only the wealthy or poor could afford to live in Manhattan,

his estate, atop a ridge above the Hudson River. His plan was to create a "garden community" of cooperative apartments to attract those who desired the comforts of the era's garden city movement-inspired upper middle class suburbs (exemplified by the eponymous Garden City, New York and Mountain Lakes, New Jersey) but also wished to remain in New York City.[citation needed
]

The project was designed by architect

Tudor-style architectural elements in the facade came two years before the construction of Tudor City, the other major Tudor complex in Manhattan. The AIA Guide to New York City describes the complex as "Scarsdale Tudor."[6]

Pelham also designed another apartment building in the neighborhood, The Pinehurst, which was built in 1907 at the corner of Fort Washington Avenue and West 180th Street.

Castle Village, a Hudson Heights neighbor of Hudson View Gardens across Cabrini Avenue, which was built in 1938.[6]

At the time of its construction, Hudson View Gardens was the largest housing cooperative in New York and one of the earliest aimed at the middle class. Today it is known throughout Hudson Heights as the home of beautifully manicured gardens, its own children's playground, and

U.S. mail delivered directly to each apartment.[8]
Community events are hosted in the Hudson View Lounge, many of which are free and open to the public.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Kahn, Robert. New York City. New York: Little Bookroom, 2002
  2. U.S. National Park Service
    . February 26, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "HVG History" on the Hudson View Gardens website
  4. ^ Plunz, Richard. A History of Housing in New York City: Dwelling Type and Social Change in the American Metropolis. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990
  5. ^ Dolkart, Andrew S. "Hudson View Gardens: A Home in The City," 20 SITES 34 (1988)
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7
    .
  7. ^ "History of The Pinehurst" The Pinehurst Co-Operative Apartments
  8. ^ "HVG Today", Hudson View Gardens website

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