4720 x 3161 px | 40 x 26,8 cm | 15,7 x 10,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
11 octobre 2014
Lieu:
Bronx Park East and Allerton Avenue, Bronx, New York, U.S.A.
Informations supplémentaires:
The apartment complex is known as "The Coops" (pronounced "coops", not "co-ops"). The project was established as a non-profit trade union cooperative by the United Workers’ Association. It was designed by Springsteen & Goldhammer. This section was built in 1926-27. Union members were mostly involved in the needle trades. Most were non-religious Jews and many were Communists. (Jewish holidays and traditional ceremonies were not celebrated.) There were a sprinkling of non-Jewish and black or inter-racial families. Residents were called "coopniks". The complex housed 339 families in the first complex and 328 in the second. The raised basements featured classrooms, recreational facilities, a restaurant, a day-care center and a library. Shops in the neighborhood were sponsored by the organization. When completed, it was the largest cooperative housing complex in the U.S.
