517:, Brownstoner, April 14, 2016. Accessed January 10, 2018. "Still under construction and designed by Dattner Architects, the mostly low-rise development replaces troubled NYCHA apartment blocks emptied out more than a decade ago.... The now-empty or under-construction blocks in the area were formerly the location of the 15-story Prospect Plaza housing complex. Home to 1,200 people, the complex was emptied out by the New York City Housing Authority in 2000, with promises to rebuild by 2005. Instead, the boarded-up buildings were left standing for well over a decade and finally leveled in 2014."
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