Marshall Field Garden Apartments

Marshall Field Garden Apartments
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The Marshall Field Garden Apartments is a large non-governmental subsidized housing project in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The project occupies two square city blocks and was the largest moderate-income housing development in the U.S. at the time of construction in 1929. Marshall Field Garden Apartments has 628 units within 10 buildings.

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Experiment

This "experiment", built by Marshall Field III, aimed not only to provide housing at a reasonable cost but also to provide a catalyst for renewal of the surrounding area.[citation needed] Marshall Field Garden Apartments was at the time of construction one of two large philanthropic housing developments in Chicago. The other was Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, at 47th and Michigan. Both were built in 1929 and both were modeled after the Dunbar Apartments built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in 1926 in Harlem, New York City.[1] Construction was financed by Marshall Field III.


Location

Marshall Field Garden Apartments is located on 1448 North Sedgewick in Chicago, Illinois 60610. Marshall Field Gardens Apartments is a populated place located in Cook County at a latitude of 41.908 and longitude -87.639.The elevation is 594 feet. Marshall Field Garden Apartments appears on the Chicago Loop U.S. Geological Survey Map. Cook County is the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) which Marshall Fields Gardens Apartments have. [2]

Security

A controversial security system was installed in 1999 to control access and provide valuable investigative information.[3] In Chicago, Marshall Field Garden Apartment Homes and Skyline Towers found a solution to such problems by installing biometric devices.

See also

Chicago Housing Authority

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

References

  1. ^ Devereux Bowly, Jr.. "Subsidized Housing". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1215.html. Retrieved 23 September 2009. 
  2. ^ http://illinois.hometownlocator.com/il/cook/marshall-field-garden-apartments.cfm#
  3. ^ Jeremy Appel (01 August 1999). "High-tech security in low-income housing". SecutriySolutions.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5k0VGGSk4. Retrieved 23 September 2009. 

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