Mott Haven - University of Michigan 2014

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A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Fall, 2014 University of Michigan

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A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Fall, 2014 University of Michigan

Professor of Architecture Roy Strickland

M.Arch Candidates Joe Cernugel Yuva Chang Matthew Joniec Mark Knutson Eldo Mathew Dustin Murphy Carmen Petersen Xutao Wang Jaclyn Zaborski Alexandra Ziemba Jody Zimmer Report Committee: Mark Knutson Carmen Petersen Jaclyn Zaborski

Copyright

2014, The Regents of the University of Michigan All Rights Reserved

Special Thanks to

Bill Stein, Dattner Architects Ellen Baxter, Broadway Housing Communities Helga Nyanffor, New York City Housing Authority Jeffery Shumaker, New York City Department of City Planning Kenneth J. Knuckles, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone La Tonya M. Green, Ph. D, BCT Partners Mary Rusz, New York City Housing Authority Regina Myer, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation Susan Delvalle, Sugar Hill Museum of Art and Storytelling Tanya Dempsey, New York City Housing Authority

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Acknowledgements Foreword Executive Summary Mott Haven - The Plan Design Concepts

Foreword Roy Strickland Professor of Architecture

This report is the result of the fourth in a series of design studios held at the University of Michigan’s A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (TCAUP) focused on New York City Public Housing Authority (NYCHA) projects and their neighborhoods. Prior studios looked at NYCHA properties in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Astoria in Queens and Brooklyn’s Brownsville. The studio presented here makes proposals for Mott Haven, the Bronx, location of several NYCHA campuses. Like its predecessors it is exploratory rather than definitive, presenting ideas for discussion by NYCHA and its residents as well as the larger Mott Haven community as they plan for the future.

The TCAUP studios respond to NYCHA’s challenges – budget deficits, deferred maintenance, extensive wait lists, etc. – and New York City’s ten-year plan to build and preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing by identifying opportunities on campus superblocks (often leaving as much as 80-percent of their land open) to locate revenue-producing development, new housing, neighborhood services and employment opportunities for both campuses and their surroundings.

Mott Haven benefits from its location at the crossing of metropolitan and regional transportation systems, proximity to Midtown Manhattan and adjacency to planned improvements along the Harlem River. As NYCHA embarks on enhancement programs for selected neighborhood campuses, private investment in the form of residential, commercial and hotel development has also begun to flow into the area. Given these conditions, now appears to be the opportune time for Mott Haven to enter into sustained discussion about the future. It is in support of this discussion that the TCAUP studio was organized.

Although pedagogical and conceptual in nature TCAUP’s four housing-related studios highlight New York City’s opportunity to develop an arc of vibrant neighborhoods across the city as part of a coordinated planning initiative for NYCHA campuses. With 400,000 residents, NYCHA is home to a population the size of Denver. Here lies the potential for designing what amounts to a new city serving existing and future residents, businesses and institutions – a compelling prospect for New York in the 21st century.

Goals for the TCAUP Mott Haven studio include: 1)

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Preserving all existing NYCHA and neighborhood housing.

Leveraging existing Mott Haven assets such as transportation, institutions and neighborhood life as part of the design concept.

Increasing Mott Haven’s housing, community service and economic development opportunities for the community, the Bronx and New York City.

Master of Urban Design Studio Concept for Lower East Side, Manhattan. New buildings shown in blue indicate potential for 22-million square feet of new mixed-use development along East River.

Master of Urban Design Studio Concept for Astoria, Queens. Spaces between NYCHA buildings provide room for new streets, small businesses and additional housing.

Master of Urban Planning Studio Concept for Brownsville, Brooklyn. New learning, employment and residential opportunities are integrated with NYCHA campuses and adjacent blocks to reinforce Brownsville’s vitality.

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Master of Architecture Studio Concept for Mott Haven, the Bronx. Pedestrian walks, public spaces and improved avenues and streets set context for new development in the neighborhood – without demolition and displacement.

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Executive Summary

Revisiting Modernism: Mott Haven is a collaborative studio effort of eleven students of the University of Michigan to propose a future for the city of Mott Haven, New York. The proposals include an overall city master plan and a series of neighborhood/ housing development alterations. These concepts recognize the current physical, social and economic situations of public housing, institutions and several local assets within the community. The purpose of this plan is to promote connectivity to the surrounding contexts, activate central nodes, and identify districts within the overall community. The series of proposal strategies are intended to strengthen rather than eliminate existing opportunities for Mott Haven residents and businesses. The studies also attempt to enhance the community’s existing buildings, structures and spaces by encouraging quality construction and urban design.

Mott Haven’s optimal connectivity to downtown New York City offers great opportunities for the current and future residents of the community. This studio’s proposal aims to activate the city of Mott Haven’s spirit, culture and accessibility by increasing a variety of identity-driven concepts, community activity spaces, as well as local amenities all can enjoy.

Main concepts include:

• Subdividing oversized super-blocks for an efficient

walkability system

• Activating current and new green spaces for

community gathering

• Providing ownership and program to vacant lots

• Linking connections from housing to educational and

healthcare facilities

• Improving current NYCHA Housing Campuses

• Strengthening community connectors to the city,

waterfront, hospital and park

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• Creating city-wide hubs (commerce, culture, transit) • Identifying neighborhood districts for a sense of wayfinding and pride • Proposing altered street corridors, additional bicycle transit paths and walkability opportunities

This summary report for Mott Haven, New York will first narrate the current conditions which include the geographical, physical, social, and historical analysis. Following the analysis, the studio introduces the proposals for Mott Haven, presenting work of individual design teams as an overall collective intervention.

Then the report will begin to zoom into specific areas where individuals designed architectural projects across the site. These projects focus on topics such as housing, education, commercial, culture, and connectivity, yet there is an overall consistent vision of physical and programmatic approaches that create a unified design approach.

The University of Michigan’s studio design team envisioned this proposal as a way to activate and strengthen the community of Mott Haven, New York. The intention is to heighten the cultural energy and pride in the neighborhood while providing ideas for efficient transit connections and economic opportunities, which will enable Mott Haven to become a leading neighborhood in the Bronx and the greater New York area.

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Mott Haven: Analysis

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Geographic Context Figure-Ground and Site Geometries Projects and Plans Proximate to Site Figure-Ground Inventory Patterson Houses Mitchel Houses Mott Haven Houses

Geographic Context

Mott Haven, New York is primarily a residential community neighborhood located in the southwestern section of the Bronx borough in New York City. Its boundaries include East 149th Street, Willis Avenue, Bronx Kill waterway, and Morris Avenue.

The community is a high-density neighborhood with a population of about 50,000 residents in one square mile. The residents are 72.3% Hispanic/Latino, 24.7% Black/African American, 1.7% White, 0.4% Asian, and 1% multiracial. NYCHA currently owns 3 large public housing campuses in Mott Haven where the majority of residents live. They include Patterson Houses, Mitchel Houses and Mott Haven Houses.

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The area that is now considered Mott Haven was originally owned by the Morris family, but was purchased by Jordan Lawrence Mott in 1849 for his iron work industry. A vestige of the iron works is located near the intersection of 3rd Avenue and 134th Street.

As the city grew, the area quickly developed as a residential community. In 1890, upper-middle class brownstones were built along Alexander Avenue and 134th Street. Once the public transit infrastructure was placed in the early 20th century, the population grew with the development of several tenement-style buildings.

In the 1940s, the Bronx was divided into the East and West Bronx. A pocket of poverty was identified on 134th Street, and named itself the South Bronx. This pocket of poverty would spread due to illegal practices and the development of several housing projects by Robert Moses in the neighborhood. With this development brought super-blocks to house the large tenement buildings, which closed several streets within. This created an uneven and inconsistent street grid with a lack of circulation efficiency.

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Projects and Plans Proximate to Site

NYCHA Proposed Developments and/ or Improvements

New York City Department of City Planning Lower Grand Concourse Rezoning and Revitalization

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Mott Haven-Port Morris Waterfront Plan

New York City Department of City Planning Cromwell-Jerome Neighborhood Planning between East 184th and East 167th Streets (not indicated on map, located 1 mile north-west of studio site) New York City Economic Development Corporation Randall’s Island Connector and Greenways Site Boundary

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Figure-Ground

The existing figure ground of Mott Haven, Bronx, New York is the product of centuries of planning design in the borough. Mott Haven is currently filled with tenement style apartment buildings and large public housing complexes. The New York City Housing Authority currently owns three public housing campuses in Mott Haven: Patterson, Mott Haven and Mitchel Houses. The figure ground of these housing campuses display towers in large parks.

Settled on large super-blocks, the buildings are uninviting while the parks are boarded by half-sized fences. The intention of the fences is to direct pedestrian traffic while maintaining the landscape. Instead, they create an uncomfortable tone on the ground plane. Several blocks within Mott Haven have lost the original streets and have turned into super-blocks. This makes for an inefficient design while forcing the pedestrian to walk through apartment complexes.

The proposed figure-ground displays the thoughts and conclusions of analysis on the Mott Haven neighborhood. First, streets are added to separate and divide up large super-blocks.

This helps with design, movement, and pedestrian access.

Most streets within the city limits are narrowed from their large dimensions of unnecessary perpendicular parking and unsafe biking routes. Several bicycle lanes are proposed as well as barriers for protection. Streets are also designed with streetscape, buffers and thresholds. The NYCHA housing campuses are also proposed with changes. Whether to build retail on the first level or create community wide parks, the figure-ground of these superblocks are now broken up to promote interaction.

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Throughout the site, especially in the NYCHA Campuses, there is an abundant amount of green space. While typically a positive for an urban condition, the vastness of green space has created ambiguous spaces that become areas of crime instead of areas of community.

Many buildings have been demolished within the preNYCHA urban fabric, resulting in a field of vacant lots that become “missing teeth� in the community. In most cases, these sites become surface parking lots instead of being developed to their true potential.

Mott Haven is home to a large number of educational facilities within its boundaries; including elementary, middle and high schools, pre-schools, charter and academy schools, head start programs, as well as community colleges. These institutions fill the community and provide opportunities for advancement and greater learning opportunities. There is great potential for designing consistent connectivity to these institutions from many of the residential campuses. Access to these programs allows residents a higher opportunity to take advantage of these institutions.

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A large number of housing units occupy a small percentage of ground coverage, resulting in large areas of land being allocated for surface parking lots. While serving the vehicular needs of the NYCHA residents, there is no way of knowing if they are truly meeting the residents needs, or if they are being utilized by those that reside outside of the NYCHA campuses.

With a major medical resource just outside the site at Lincoln Hospital, and many other medical facilities populating the surrounding area, there are opportunities for residents and healthcare professionals alike. Different complimentary areas of concentration include physical therapy, private practice, dentistry, substance abuse, and pharmacies.

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Patterson Houses Built in 1950

1,790 Apartments 4,386 People 1,334 under 18 2,418 between 18-61 634 over 62

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Mitchel Houses Built in 1965

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Mott Haven Houses Built in 1965

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Connections and Corridors

Mott Haven is designed on a gridded street system with a main street, 3rd Avenue, that connects two major transit hubs. The transit lines allow for easy walkability to a bus or subway line.

Transit stops are located so that every resident can access one within a five minute walking radius. These primary, secondary and tertiary streets connect transit lines, districts, nodes, and institutions.

3rd Avenue connects the three nodes of Mott Haven. This street is active with retail shops and NYCHA housing campuses. There is an opportunity to narrow the street width, offer safe bicycle lane transportation, add street frontages, and lush streetscape.

143rd Street connects St. Mary’s Park to the Lincoln Hospital of Mott Haven. This one way street has great potential for active use that includes safe bicycle lane transportation, thresholds for a weekly farmer’s market, and streetscape.

Alexander Avenue connects the center of Mott Haven to the waterfront. Both of these spaces have an opportunity to create recreational aspects to the community’s design.

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Three hubs help define Mott Haven. They are located along Third Avenue and activated by subway and bus stops that connect Mott Haven with the Bronx and the rest of the city. They provide great potential for activity and engagement.

The north hub, located at the intersection of 149th Street, is rich in retail and commercial programs. This commercial hub will serve business entrepreneurs, educators and students with job training and educational advancement.

The center hub, located at the intersection of 143rd Street, is surrounded by high density NYCHA housing projects. This area can provide great opportunity for community and cultural interaction. Addressing issues of health, child care, art education, and community pride will create a cultural hub that residents of Mott Haven can identify as their own.

The south hub, located at the intersection of 138th Street, is within walking distance to the subway station and waterfront.

This commercial hub offers prime opportunity for tourism, commercial design and alternative transportation.

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The sub-districts of Mott Haven define the neighborhoods of the community. The superblocks currently house these sub-districts, which are sometimes at conflict with each other. There is a need for community awareness, common ground and pride. These sub-districts have the opportunity to spread and mix within the community, sharing common nodes and connectors to create an enriched city.

The officially designated Mott Haven Historic District has a variety of small retail shops and residential apartments within the historic structures.

The Patterson campus buildings are currently towers in a superblock, with several gridded, fenced pathways connecting surrounding streets.

The Mott Haven campus structures are large bar buildings that surround an open space of fenced pathways and park spaces.

The Mitchel campus towers lay within a large superblock with open space that houses fenced pathways and park spaces.

CONCEPT DIAGRAM - DISTRICTS NYCHA Patterson Campus NYCHA Mott Haven Campus NYCHA Mitchel Campus Historic District

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Traffic and Travel Street Hierarchy

Mott Haven has many wide streets, often over designed and uncomfortable. The project aims to reduce street widths and provide strategic lane closures to increase pedestrian safety by creating shorter crossing distances and creating narrow lanes which force traffic to slow.

Vehicular traffic around the 138th Street Hub will be diverted to the West of the Graham Triangle, closing 3rd Avenue between 138th and 139th streets. This closure allows for additional programming and pedestrian space.

The termination point of Alexander Avenue between 143rd and half the block towards 141st and the cross street at 142nd will be closed to thru traffic. This area will become a plaza and center for the Cultural Hub. The closed street surface will be retrofitted with pavers.

In addition, new streets will be implemented through the Patterson Houses Campus to reduce the size of these superblocks.

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Traffic and Travel Walkability

Mott Haven is well situated with a complex transportation network. In addition, the two major hubs are under a mile apart, with many residential and commercial areas within easy walking distance from the hubs.

The Mott Haven site is long (North to South) yet narrow (approx. East to West), allowing easy and quick passage from side to side. The longer streets, North to South running streets, such as Alexander Avenue, provide quick access to the waterfront. Although the waterfront is currently underdeveloped, plans are in place to create a new riverfront park. Streets such as Alexander Avenue will serve as major paths and entrances to the park. Such North-South Avenues could benefit from street improvements.

Bike Transit System

Bicycle lanes within the limits of Mott Haven are only evident from the faded white markings on the streets. This provides for unsafe traveling conditions for bicyclists.

Our design promotes alternative transportation such as biking to improve the community’s design and the resident’s health. Bicycle lanes are given enough width for riders to comfortably ride near the sidewalk. Buffers with vegetation or streetscape is added for further protection from vehicular traffic.

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Phasing

Phase One Street Improvements in phase one will begin to bring new opportunities in development.

Phase one begins with street improvements / cultural district paving to create identity and wayfinding. Paving will narrate the link between the three central projects within Mott Haven. The plaza is developed within the Mott Haven campus with a series of pavilions to begin to activate the central community hub.

Phase one street improvements along 148th Street. Eliminate street parking along south side of street. widen sidewalk and add a designated bike lane. Add trees and new paving to designate boulevard connecting Lincoln Hospital to St. Mary’s Park.

Shift baseball field east towards high school allowing space for vertical university.

Define plaza areas north and south of building.

Street improvements start to redefine blocks and set groundwork for new development. Phase one brings commercial space and office space along 3rd Avenue as well as the base for the tower, which leads to a renovation of the subway stop before the introduction of tourism and housing.

The re-arrangement of unfriendly traffic circulation at the 138St/3rdAve intersection and dedication of bus and bicycle lanes and street parking; street conditions will soften to encourage pedestrian and bicycle use with vegetation and new curbing. South side subway entrances renovated and redirected towards plaza and commercial spaces.

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From there, market rate housing and some affordable housing and retail will be added to bring a new revenue stream to the NYCHA Campuses.

In Phase three, commercial spaces are added and the NYCHA towers are refurbished. In addition, more public housing is added along Willis Avenue with ground floor retail.

Phase two is the development of the cultural center, with a variety of program within, as well as interior courtyards, which creates a spectrum of community gathering spaces. This phase enriches the cultural hub while providing the community a sense of identity.

The creation of the artist’s residences, workspaces and exhibition hall provides affordable housing with amenity value for current residents within Mott Haven. This last phase completes the connection between Mott Haven’s two hubs. This is not hte only affordable housing on the site, many of the vacant lots are now infilled with affordable housing.

Market retail space located on street level in existing overflow hospital parking.

Provide approximently 70 market rate units for working professional (doctors, nurses, faculty, interns, etc.) above these commerical spaces.

The third phrase brings in the housing tower on the south end as well as affordable housing on top of the previously setup MR housing, hopefully in conjunction with Mitchel Housing renovations.

Phase two also introduces the hotel tower on the north end, along with market rate housing throughout to stabilize the blocks. Street renovation and bus idle spaces south of 138 Street are also designed during this phase. Extension of stormwater street irrigation north and towards river is also being implemented.

The final part of this phase allows for the public school to be rebuilt through a public/ private partnership that would allow market-rate housing above the school.

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Vertical University Jody Zimmer Master of Architecture Candidate, 2015

Lincoln Hospital is a tremendous asset to the Mott Haven area.

Not only does it provide health services and awareness for local residents, but it also provides employment for hundreds of people.

The health services provided to the community continue along 148th street towards the Hub. Mott Haven has also become a popular location for satellite campuses like The New College of Rochelle, and the Metropolitan College of New York. Both colleges offer programs in nursing with opportunities to work at the local hospital.

Phase one of this project begins with removing a row of parking to allow for a wider boulevard that would connect Lincoln Hospital to St. Mary’s park. A defined bike lane will allow commuters to travel back and forth from home to school, as well as easy access to public transportation.

A plaza located both north and south of the building provides space to gather and allow for a multitude of activities. The space also helps define the notion of a campus environment.

Phase two introduces mixed-use housing north of the vertical university. Retail and restaurants located at the base of the building create a safe environment for anyone leaving the hospital at late hours.

Market rate housing above the ground floor retail provides a place for doctors, residents, nurses, and faculty to live near work.

The site adjacent to John Peter Zenger High School provides a great location to inject a vertical university. The building would Phase three places affordable housing in the surrounding allow for student services at the ground floors, classrooms and neighborhood for any employees working at the nearby facilities. labs above, faculty offices and administration space higher up, and student housing at the top.

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Bronx Co.Lab Eldo Mathew Master of Architecture Candidate, 2015

Bronx Co.Lab re-enforces ties between Mott Haven and Lincoln Hospital by creating a new health corridor along 148th Street starting at Lincoln Hospital and terminating at St. Mary’s Park.

Beginning with the introduction of bike lanes that connect the corridor with a new culinary school at the cultural hub and a about health and healthy living come to the forefront in a neighborhood that faces its share of health issues.

Situated next to the 149th Street hub, Co.Lab leverages the pedestrian activity generated by the commercially oriented 149th street and the new health corridor to envision a mixed use biotech incubator and jobs campus.

At street level, Co.Lab is composed of shared biotech clean rooms and supplemented by occupational training facilities and event spaces for job fairs. These spaces allow the building and its occupants to interact with the neighborhood, creating a sense of community and opening up new work opportunities for residents beyond the retail opportunities currently available to them.

Phase two will re-enforce the existing typology of the neighborhood by extending the row house across 148th Street with a set of low rise work/live apartments. Intended to house skill based businesses such as prosthesis craftsmen at ground level, these programs will add to the knowledge base of the incubator while exposing them to new technologies.

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Patterson Dustin Murphy Master of Architecture Candidate, 2015

The goal of Patterson is to turn the Patterson Houses into more than just a NYCHA campus, but into a thriving neighborhood. By breaking up the existing super-block and introducing new streets, the campus is now comparable in scale to the surrounding urban fabric. The new streets also allow for the deployment of new housing.

Residents of the Patterson Houses will have the opportunity to be trained in construction methods, giving them new skills and a greater chance at finding employment. Once trained, these residents will construct the new housing being implemented on site. Workers will also get a higher chance of receiving one of these new units in the housing lottery.

Supplemental programming that is added to the site includes space for offices for institutional functions. These functions range from, and include, space for parole offices, WIC sign up, Social Security, and Welfare.

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Through the use of branding and color, elements are created to bring a cohesive bond across the development.The cruciform footprint of the existing buildings become an icon, while the infamous NYCHA red brick color grows to signify something new.

When all of these elements combine, Patterson will emerge as a newer, stronger neighborhood.

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Daycare + Housing Xutao Wang Master of Architecture Candidate, 2015 10pt

According to the research of Mott Haven, there is a shortage of child care and preschool education in this area. With the context of the proposal culture hub, a daycare project aims at serving children and a housing project tries to higher the density might be a great opportunity for the Mott Haven area.

Daycare center offers preschool education, art education, and other illuminative training. Within the daycare center, 6 multi-use group rooms are designed serving the children. A village of 6 units connected in series facing a joyful playground which is safe with the eyesight from the corridor.

There are 102 housing units at the above 8 floors. Fenced by a shading panel system, the housing can have a flexible elevation and open balcony facing south.

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Bronx Culinary Institute & Mott Haven Market Alexandra Ziemba Master of Architecture Candidate, 2015

After the closure of a former grocery store on the site, the Mott Haven population had few options for fresh produce and healthy eating options. A neighborhood littered with bodegas was in need of a new grocery store.

This project aims to combine a culinary school over a grocery store in an attempt to celebrate the diversity of cuisine in the area, promote healthy food habits, and expand the cultural experience of shared meals. The culinary institute brings the community in to both take classes and teach them, expanding connections and opportunities for residents in the area. year programs to help individuals gain upper level positions in the hospitality and culinary job sectors, which are prevalent in nearby Manhattan and expanding upwards into Mott Haven. This project aims to provide the skills for local residents to participate in this expanding local economy at already established restaurants and hotels, in addition to the proposed projects in this report.

The culinary school encompasses six levels with various labs and classrooms, a culinary library, theater, and student lounges.

The grocery store provides the typical options of fresh and frozen foods, but with an expanded premade food selection.

The premade food is a product of the culinary school above, and provides healthier alternatives to fast food for individuals on the go. The selection rotates with the seasons and classes in session community classes geared towards similar meals.

In addition, students will work in both the grocery store (sub grade) and a test restaurant on the roof to gain real world business incubators and has the facilities for a test restaurant as its crown. This restaurant rotates every six months as new talents seek to test their ideas and menus before a formal launch.

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Residences at 138th Street and Medical Office Building Mark S. Knutson Master of Architecture Candidate, 2015

The block is split into four distinct programs: Historic row housing, High School, Medical Office Building, and market rate housing (tower). Initially the existing housing along Alexander will be renovated as part of a Historic District Improvement Effort and offered on the market through a lottery/co-op system. The High School will then be replaced offering amenities to be shared with neighboring institutions. The medical office building will be constructed as part of a third phase development to generate revenue for the district. The residential tower would then be added to generate further revenue and provide the critical residents to contribute to a robust neighborhood.

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MOTT HAVEN 138th Hub Yuva Chang

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A comprehensive development strategy for New York’s Mott Haven community. Master of Architecture Design Studio, Fall 2014.

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138th St - South Hub Yuva Chang Master of Architecture Candidate, 2015

and discourage pedestrian use. Walkability, cleanliness, and place identity are ill-supported and sidewalks and roads are over-dimensioned. In congruence with the current congestion of the northern Hub, and in anticipation of proposed and developing commercial and hospitality plans, this project intends to soften the urban landscape with engaging elements for encouraging walking and biking while better accommodating public transit users and developing a tectonic cohesiveness throughout Mott road boundary adjustments persuade slower driving and safer curbing, as well as better routing and coordination of buses and bicycles. Vegetation and water collection pools provide extend through Mott Haven on major streets and improve water quality and discharge into the Harlem River. The pavilion type architecture on the south end serves as rentable retail space for small businesses and a market for local merchants; the north corner provides park and outdoor seating area for elderly, and a collection pond. A viewing deck creates visual connection to the proposed 143rd Street down 3rd Avenue, while a bicycle share and storage pavilion on the south end provides

view towards Manhattan and supports the proposed bicycle route towards it. Expansion of the subway station feeds plaza retail and supports the creation of a destination or gateway between different transits and neighborhoods.

Installation of street furniture and language hopes to cultivate a sense ownership and encourage an improved attitude of community maintenance and care. The project serves as a vision for Mott Haven in claiming a community identity and ownership of place through architectural improvements, healthier planning, and contextual expansiveness.

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Mitchel Housing - West Side Matthew Joniec Master of Architecture Candidate, 2015

The West side of Mitchel Housing suffers from an abundance of green space that is both unusable and poorly planned and surrounding streets that are too wide. However, this site can benefit from the abundance of open space, new activity on the other side of 3rd Ave. and a subway stop on the NW corner.

The improvements begin with the return of 136th and 137th and narrowing existing streets, giving back this land to the campus.

The introduction of market rate townhomes along these new streets with affordable housing above, allows for NYCHA to collect land lease funds that would improve the aging towers. The introduction of townhomes allows for more variety in residents, and provides more streetfront doors. By creating private courtyards which are only accessible to Mitchel residents and new apartment residents through their ground floor lobbies, the outdoor space can be better used and kept up by the residents without fear of any territorial tensions. Recognizing areas suitable for new construction, an increase in units by 504, or 48%, will be provided to the area. 72% of the units will be for families, having 2+ bedrooms, while the remaining units will be one bedroom for single residents and seniors.

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The centerpiece of this development is a new 22-story, 306 room hotel with both standard and micro hotel rooms on the corner of 3rd Ave. and 138th Street. The introduction of a tourist base to the area will not only be a boom to residents seeking employment, but will help spur surrounding development. Its affordability would attract a new type of tourist to New York and potentially place Mott Haven as not only a place to stay, but a destination in its own right. With the hotel would come the renovation of the subway station, which would benefit the local residents. Also, Along 3rd Ave and Lincoln Ave. will be the introduction of ground floor commercial with office space above to mirror the planned developments on the west side of 3rd Ave. This area will be supported by the new and existing residents of Mitchel, as well as by the visitors to the new hotel.

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Sources of base maps used in this report are Google Earth, New York City Department of Finance, New York City Department of City Planning, New York City Housing Authority, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)