FIORELLO LA GUARDIA

SITE : Fiorello la guardia houses, 250 madison st, NEW YORK(NY)

ARCHITECT : Hyman Issac Feldman
The Laguaria Houses are surrounded on all sides by a sort of wall of public
OWNED BY : New York City Housing Authority housing and infrastructure projects, leading to its semii-monotonous
EXSISTING CONDITION : 1,252 apartments of social housing made for income residents programming.
But in actuality, the La guardia houses do not only as many units per square
TYPOLOGY : Towers in the park foot as its surrounding NYCHA counterparts.
NEIGHBORHOOD : East broadway
DEMOGRAPHY : 53.6% Hispanic, 26.4% Asian, 16.5% Black, 2.7%Qhite, 0.6% Multirace
POPULATION : 2,513

HISTORY
HISTORY
On january 19, 1954, a ceremony took place to mark the beginning of construction for
the La guardia houses. Mrs La guardia, Widow of mayor La guardia was in attendance
as noted by a newyork imes article published on january 20 of that same year finally
on August 8, 1957, the La guardia houses were completed, making them the 75th
permanent undertaking of the new york housing authority.

HOUSE TYPOLOGY
HOUSE TYPOLOGY
The houses are built with a “tower in the park” design, a design which high-rise
residential buildings are sited on a large plot of land.

Block Area: 1.21 ha

Building Footprint: 0.57 ha

Block Area: 0.9 ha

Building Footprint: 0.63 ha

Block Area: 0.92 ha

Building Footprint: 0.36 ha

URBAN DENSITY OF SITE

Considered highest in density

Block Area : 2.7 he

Building Footprint: 0.06 he
Parking Lot Footprint: 0.35 he
ZONING
ZONING DISTRICT

R7-2
LAND USE

R7 Zoning districts are medium-density apartment house districts that encourage lower
apartment buildings on smaller lots and, on larger lots, taller buildings with less lot coverage.

and Use: Multi-Family Elevator Bu

ot Area:1.64 he
ot Frontage: 132m
ot Depth127m
ear Built:1955
uilding Class: Elevator Apartmen
umber of Buildings:4
umber of Floors:16
ross Floor Area:4 he
otal # of Units:492
esidential Units 49

and Use: Mixed Residential & Com

ot Area: 2.73 ha
ot Frontage 210m
ot Depth:134 m
ear Built:1954
ear Altered:1989
uilding Class: Elevator Apartments
umber of Buildings: 7
umber of Floors:16
ross Floor Area:4.89ha
otal # of Units: 611
esidential Units 610
 Parking is redundant on our site due to its proximity to public transportation, so we
are looking to reduce the amount of on-site parking. The guidelines for this
parking reduction refers to a

standard zoning regulations. The red represents existing buildings, and fig-ure
48 shows how the old zoning affects the basic massing on site if we were to
keep the existing volume of the buildings. In this case, the new building
heights are lower than the original buildings, but no new residential units
would be introduced. However, the street line would be filled

DEMO RESIDENTIAL

ZONING R7-2