Sunnyside Gardens, Queens
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Sunnyside Gardens, in the Sunnyside neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens, was one of the first developments to incorporate the "superblock" model in the United States. The complex was constructed from 1924 to 1929.
The residential area has brick row houses of two and a half stories, with front and rear gardens and a landscaped central court shared by all. This model allowed for denser residential development, while also providing ample open/green-space amenities. Clarence Stein and Henry Wright served as the architects and planners for this development, and the landscape architect was Marjorie Sewell Cautley. These well-planned garden homes are listed as a historical district in the National Register of Historic Places, and are also home to one of the only two private parks in New York City.
[edit] External links
- A Fact Sheet for Residents from the NYC Department of City Planning, Queens Office dated June 2002
- Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce - History
- WNET Channel 13 profile of Sunnyside Gardens
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