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Vladeck Houses: 1941
July 14, 1941. "Vladeck Houses, view from Madison and Scammel Streets, New York City. W.F.R. Ballard; Sylvan Bien; Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, architects." Recently completed apartment buildings of the Baruch Charney Vladeck Houses on the Lower East Side, with the Williamsburg Bridge in the distance. Acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
The good news
... is that the public housing authority didn't waste much money on architects, apparently. The scary thing is that when one looks at the other public housing buildings nearby, the Vladeck Homes look positively beautiful in comparison.
Yes, they're related
U.S. Supreme Court scholar and law professor Stephen I. Vladeck (author of "The Shadow Docket," among other works) is a great-grandson of labor leader Baruch Charney Vladeck, the namesake of the Vladeck Houses.
Goodbye: Casement Windows
Hello: Window air conditioners
Scammel Street has been repurposed
... And the bridge view is now blocked.
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