Morningside Gardens

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Morningside Gardens

Morningside Gardens is a private

Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. It is composed of a parking garage and six apartment buildings of 21 stories each, for a total of about 980 apartments. MHHC rents space to the Children's Learning Center preschool and the Morningside Retirement and Health Service. The complex has many amenities for its cooperators including a playground, a fitness center, storage units, indoor play spaces for children and young adults, bike rooms, and a workshop including ceramics and woodworking.[1]

The complex is located just north of the campuses of

Union Theological Seminary in the northern section of Morningside Heights. It is bordered by Broadway on the west, Amsterdam Avenue on the east, 123rd Street on the south, and La Salle Street on the north.[2]

History

The facility was built as an owner-occupied co-op with its initial construction subsidized by New York City. The early development of the project, led by a team of civic leaders headed by banker

Mitchell-Lama law, which led to many similar co-operative housing facilities, most in NYC and a small number in the local suburbs.[3] Morningside Gardens, which replaced a slum area with a population of approximately 6,000 people, was created primarily for 972 middle-income families.[4][5] Construction started in 1954.[6]

When the complex opened in 1957, one-third of the first residents were employees of the prominent educational institutions in the neighborhood, and of the

Interchurch Center.[4] One objective of Morningside Gardens was to create a racially integrated community. The population was 75% white, 20% black, 4% Asian, and 1% Puerto Rican.[7]

Today Morningside Gardens is managed by an elected eleven member board of directors. MHHC contracts with FirstService Residential to provide property management services for the complex.[8] There is a small security force that has helped the Gardens to experience a very low crime rate.[citation needed] For most of its existence, the By-Laws set a maximum resale price for those selling their apartments; this changed somewhat in 2006, when the co-op voted to allow residents to sell their units at a progressive yearly increase designed to top out at 80% of market value, or three times the previous maximum sale price per apartment. In 2015 Morningside's bylaws adopted changes which eliminate entirely Maximum Resale Prices and allow sales on the Open Market.[citation needed]

In June 2013, Morningside Gardens partnered with the

The Brian Lehrer Show on March 12, 2014.[10]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "Amenities | Morningside Heights Housing Corporation". Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "Directions | Morningside Heights Housing Corporation". Mhhc.coop. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "Board Disharmony: Morningside Gardens | Habitat Magazine". Habitatmag.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Layout 1" (PDF). Mhhc.coop. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  7. ^ [1][dead link]
  8. ^ "Management | Morningside Heights Housing Corporation". Mhhc.coop. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  9. ^ "Morningside Volunteers Distribute Sure-Close Containers, June, 2013 » Morningside Gardens Compost Club". Morningsidecomposter.com. June 24, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  10. ^ "Composting Expands - The Brian Lehrer Show". WNYC. March 12, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  11. ISBN 978-1-4499-1588-9
    . Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  12. ^ "Famous Morningside Heights Residents (At One Time Or Another)". Morningside-Heights.net. Retrieved October 25, 2012.

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