Carl Mackley Houses

Carl Mackley Houses

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location= 4301 E. Bristol St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 0
lat_seconds = 44
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 5
long_seconds = 56
long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area = convert|4.5|acre|m2
built =1935
architect= Oscar Stonorov, Alfred Kastner, et al.
architecture= International Style
added = May 06, 1998
governing_body = Private
refnum=98000401cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Carl Mackley Houses is a public housing project in Juniata, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1933-1934 as single-family apartments, it opened in 1935. The project was sponsored by the American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers, with financing by the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration, of which it was the first funded project. The complex was named for a striking hosiery worker killed by non-union workers in 1930.

The complex was designed in the International Style by Oscar Stonorov and Alfred Kastner. Since neither designer was a registered architect, they enlisted Philadelphia architect William Pope Barney as the architect of record.

The five-building complex covers an entire city block, bounded by Castor Avenue, Bristol, M, and Cayuga Streets. Four of the buildings each contain 71 apartments; the fifth building, originally a community center, now houses a laundry. The complex originally featured a swimming pool and wading pool, since filled in, and is now operated by private investors as rental apartments.

The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 and won a Landmark Building Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2000.

References

External links

* [http://www.nbm.org/exhibits/online/affordable_housing/national/102_Carl_Mackley_Apartments.html Carl Mackley Apartments] at the National Building Museum
* [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm/20810 Carl Mackley Apartment Development] at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
* [http://ruins.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/carl-mackley-homes-unionism-and-collaborative-design/ "Carl Mackley Homes: Unionism and Collaborative Design"] at the Necessity for Ruins
* [http://www.arch.state.pa.us/pdfs/H104312_01B.pdf Application] to the National Register of Historic Places


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