Amalgamated Housing Cooperative
- Amalgamated Housing Cooperative
Amalgamated Housing Cooperative, originally the Amalgamated Cooperative Apartment House
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, headed by Sidney Hillman and prodded by Cooperative housing founder, Abraham E. Kazan, took a huge leap when it funded and organized the construction of a new community of affordable housing for the working class [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E3DB143CF934A35752C1A9629C8B63 "A Historical Look Back At Working-Class Housing"] . By Nadine Brozan, The New York Times, November 7, 2004] . It was designed by the architectural team that included Herman Jessor, the man who ultimately designed the bulk of the housing cooperatives that went up between 1930-1975. It was the first cooperative housing complex in the United States founded under the limited equity rules. The undertaking was such a success, that it spawned over 40,000 more units to crop up around New York City [ [http://www.lesonline.org/cv/LABOR%20AND%20HOUSING%20IN%20NEW%20YORK%20CITY.pdf One of the Best Histories online on Jessor and the Cooperative movement] "LABOR AND HOUSING IN NEW YORK CITY-Architect Herman Jessor and the Cooperative Housing Movement, By: Tony Schuman, New Jersey Institute of Technology] . Amalgamated Housing is in the Bronx and continues to thrive today. It grew from the original 300 families to over 1400 families in 2007. The newest buildings were constructed in the early 1970s.
References
See also
* Cooperative Village
* Penn South
* Co-Op City
External links
* [http://www.amalgamated-bronx.coop/about.html Amalgamated Housing Website]
* [http://www.alexisrobie.com/archives/000041.html A Story about Amalgamated Housing]
* [http://www.lesonline.org/cv/AmalgamatedHousing.pdf Amalgamated Housing: The History of a Pioneer Cooperative 1927. An article by Alexandra Vozick Hans]
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