Hudson View Gardens
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Hudson View Gardens is a cooperative apartment complex located in the Washington Heights / Hudson Heights section of the New York City borough of Manhattan, overlooking the Hudson River. The complex was constructed as a housing cooperative from 1923-25.
At a time when many felt that only the wealthy or poor could afford to live in Manhattan, affordable urban housing was viewed a solution to the problem of the middle-class flight to the suburbs. Dr. Charles V. Paterno, a real estate developer, purchased land on Pinehurst Avenue and Cabrini Boulevard, between West 182nd and 186th Streets, across the street from his estate atop a ridge above the Hudson River. His plan was to create a "garden community" of cooperative apartments to attract those who wanted the comforts of the new suburbs but wanted to reside within the confines of New York City.
The project was designed by George F. Pelham, one of the leading architects in New York City. Pelham's fifteen buildings in the complex occupy 40% of the 3.869 acre site. The nine six-story elevator buildings and six four-story walk-ups were situated to make use of the open space and the expansive views of the and Bennett Park to the west. Its use of Tudor-style architectural elements in the facade came two years before the construction of Tudor City, the other major Tudor complex in Manhattan.
At the time of its construction, Hudson View Gardens was the largest housing cooperative in New York and one of the earliest aimed at the middle class.
[edit] Education
The complex is zoned to schools in the New York City Department of Education.
The complex is zoned to P.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs for grades Kindergarten through 8.
