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Building Green Affordable Housing In NYC

Posted by: maryereynolds

20 April 2006 - 9:00am

South Bronx affordable housing goes big and goes green.

In a neighborhood famed for urban blight in the movie, "Fort Apache, the Bronx," a 174-unit affordable housing complex will be built. On April 19, Women's Housing and Economic Development Corproation (Whedco) broke ground on the environmentally-friendly complex. High-efficiency boilers and 100 shade trees will keep energy costs low, and a green roof system will reduce air pollution and absorb storm water runoff. Whedco President Nancy Biberman explains that the building's tenants, "do not have the money to take a break from city life and be in a place that's green and quiet and beautiful. If people can't afford to go there, then we're going to bring it to them."

Full Story: The Greening of a Landmark of Urban Blight
Source: The New York Times, April 19, 2006
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One great asset of this part of town, and other older neighborhoods across America, is something as simple as sidewalks, which make it easier to break out of your private sphere by taking a walk and talking to neighbors. That's an impossible dream in many new subdivisions.
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