Stuyvesant Town

I live in Stuyvesant Town, often refereed to as the faded vision of middle-class Manhattan. Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village changed the physical look of a large area. The complex includes 110 buildings on a area that stretches from 14th street to 23rd street, and first avenue and the F.D.R Drive. The compound replaced almost 600 buildings and displaced about 10,000 people in 1943. However it is one of the most iconic and successful post-World War II private housing communities. The complex can be identified by the sprawling collection of red brick apartment buildings. The complex is identified through one main big fountain that is found in the heart of Stuy town, playgrounds, basketball courts, an ice skating rank, a dog park and a whole lot of trees surround my building. It is so relaxing to walk around the Stuy town especially when the sun is shinning, and the whole neighborhood has been built around the complex such as the: Stuyvesant deli, the Stuy pet shop, the Stuy cleaners etc... However Stuyvesant Town wasn't always so pleasant. Due to a housing crisis after the Great Depression, Stuyvesant Town was already planned to be a post-war housing project in 1942-43. The concept was developed by The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company that was based on its earlier development in The Bronx. Nevertheless, Stuyvesant Town was controversial from the beginning , Robert Moses was seen as the dominant force of the creation of Stuyvesant Oval. LaGuardia and Moses began to induce insurance companies and savings banks for them to enter the field of a large area and proceed with a slum-clearance. Nowadays, Stuyvesant Oval and Peter Cooper Village is seen as one of the top listings available in the heart of New York City.