NYCHA Cooper Park Houses
Joseph's 1952 entry lands exactly between groundbreaking and tenant move-in at this NYCHA complex.
NYCHA Cooper Park Houses in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Photographed in 2022; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
Current view · 2022 · Photo: Kidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Strong
Rita’s list
Transcription: Cooper Park Houses — 1952
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-017
1 of two
“Cooper Park Houses — 1952”
Cooper Park Houses began construction in 1951, laid its cornerstone in 1952 and opened to tenants in 1953.
A precise timeline match and another early example of Joseph physically building postwar New York housing at scale.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Strong
Extensive exterior brick masonry on the eleven seven-story Cooper Park Houses buildings, plus likely interior CMU/block shafts, stairs, service and fire-separation walls.
This scope is recorded as strong, not documented. It is a disciplined reading of the building and the trade practice of the period, not a contract-level record of Kelly’s work.
The construction team
The construction team for this job has not yet been established.
What happened to it
Still standing
Sources
2 citedOpen →
- 01en.wikipedia.org
Cooper Park Houses
- 02nyc.gov
ngn cooper park 20171002
- Kidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · 2022-07-05
NYCHA Cooper Park Houses in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Photographed in 2022; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
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