Clinton Houses

Governor DeWitt Clinton Houses, also known as DeWitt Clinton Houses or Clinton Houses, is a public housing development built and maintained by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in the Spanish Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan.^[1] The development is named after DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), who served as Mayor of New York City and Governor of New York.^[1] As mayor, Clinton fought for free public education, to remove voting restrictions from Catholics, and public welfare.^[1] As governor, he helped found the New York public school system, and introduced a bill into the New York State Senate to build a canal connecting the Northeastern United States with the Great Lakes via Lake Erie.^[1]

Clinton Houses is composed of six buildings, resting on a non-continuous campus with an area of 5.6 acres (23,000 m²).^[1] Five of those (I-V) are 18 stories high, and another (VI) is nine stories high.^[2] The six buildings have a total of 749 apartments,^[3] which house 1,823 people.^[1] Clinton Houses occupies the two blocks that are bordered by East 110th Street to the north, Lexington Avenue to the east, Park Avenue to the west, and East 108th Street to the south.^[4] It also occupies the western half of the two blocks that are bordered by East 106th Street to the north, Lexington Avenue to the east, Park Avenue to the west, and East 104th Street to the south, with the exception of a small part along East 106th Street.^[4]

Clinton Houses was completed October 31, 1965.^[1]

Sylvia Velasquez is currently serving as the Resident Association President for Clinton Houses, and is a member of the Manhattan North District Citywide Council of Presidents.^[5] Manhattan Community Board 11 governs Spanish Harlem, the neighborhood where Clinton Houses is.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Clinton, DeWitt Houses". NYCHA Housing Developments. New York: New York City Housing Authority. http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/developments/manclinton.shtml. Retrieved 18 January 2010. 
2. ^ "Governor DeWitt Clinton Houses, New York City". Emporis.com. Emporis Corporation. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=104364. Retrieved 18 January 2010. 
3. ^ Thomas E. Norton, Jerry E. Patterson (1984), Living it up: a guide to the named apartment houses of New York, p. 106 
4. ^ ^{a b} "NYCHA GIS". NYCHA Housing Developments. New York: New York City Housing Authority. Search for 1744 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. http://gis.nyc.gov/nycha/im/AddressMap.do. Retrieved 18 January 2010. 
5. ^ "Manhattan North District CCOP Office". Residents' Corner. New York: New York City Housing Authority. http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/residents/manhattanN.shtml. Retrieved 18 January 2010. 
6. ^ "Manhattan Community Board 11". cb11m.org. New York: Manhattan Community Board 11. http://www.cb11m.org/node/6. Retrieved 18 January 2010.