User:CmdrDan/Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village

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Stuyvesant Town

1943-05-06; HEARING ADVANCES BIG HOUSING PLAN, May 6, 1943

May 6, 1943; HEARING ADVANCES BIG HOUSING PLAN

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1943/05/06/96562632.pdf

Peter Cooper Village

1945-01-04; GARDENS TO BLOOM ON 'GAS HOUSE' SITE

  • January 4, 1945

Landscaped 'Village' of Homes to Be Built in Once Toughest District in the City TO HOUSE 1,500 FAMILIES Metropolitan Life Announces Plans for East River Project From 20th to 22d St.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1945/01/04/306002292.pdf

"Cooper will not enjoy the tax-exemption benefits of the Urban Redevelopment Corporation Law under which Stuyvesant Town will be constructed..."