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Playground 103 CIII
FDR Dr. bet.ween E. 102 St. and E. 106 St.
Manhattan
Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner
Acres: 1.05
This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
Planners of the East River Houses laid out plans for Playground 103 in 1940 with the names East River Drive Playground and F.D.R. Drive Playground. Designed by Voorhees, Walker, Foley, and Smith, the ten-story, 12.5-acre complex was one of the earliest housing projects, initiated after the 1936 founding of the New York City Housing Authority. Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia (1882-1947) was on-hand for the East River Houses’ 1941 opening. Currently 4000 people live in the Houses.
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