Showing posts with label Stapleton Projects Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stapleton Projects Project. Show all posts
Saturday, March 04, 2017

The Stapleton Projects Project - Part Fourteen - Warren Street to Fulton Street to Patten Street to Meadow Street

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After a lengthy hiatus, welcome back to the lost buildings and homes wiped out by the construction of the Stapleton Housing Projects. Here...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The Stapleton Projects Project - Part Thirteen - Cedar St btw the old ball field and Tompkins St, Tompkins St btw Cedar St and Tompkins Ave, and Tompkins Ave btw Tompkins St. and the old ball field

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Today this entire block is covered by baseball fields. The residential buildings look a little run down in these ca. 1940 shots. I don't...
Thursday, December 08, 2016

The Stapleton Projects Project - Part Twelve - Hill Street between Warren Street and the old ball field

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Hill Street formed the southern boundary of the lost backstreets and it still exists today. Between the projects and I.S. 49, nothing remain...
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Saturday, December 03, 2016

The Stapleton Projects Project - Part Eleven - Cedar Street between McKeon Street and the old baseball field and south side of McKeon between Clarke and Cedar

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Back into the back streets today, with a mostly residential block. It's a mix of single- and multi-family homes. Not much else to say ab...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

The Stapleton Projects Project - Part Ten - Meadow Street between Gordon and Patten Streets, McKeon between Gordon and Patten, and Warren between Meadow and McKeon

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A typical backstreet block, a mix of commerical and residential with a definite worn-out appearance. Even with my antipathy toward urban ren...
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Saturday, November 26, 2016

The Stapleton Projects Project - Part Nine - Gordon Street between Broad and McKeon Streets

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After a lengthy delay, here's another series of recaptured images from a Stapleton lost over fifty years ago to urban renewal. That was ...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

The Stapleton Projects Project - Part Eight

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Moving west along Tompkins Street, we reach between Patten and Clarke Streets. The southside was actually featured in the very first Sta...