Wednesday, September 16, 2015
483 East 138th Street, Bronx, New York 10454
Noon–1:00 PM
John Ciardullo had conceived of Plaza Borinquen 88 in his third year of graduate school at Harvard University. It was constructed in 1975 as part of an infill housing program, in which people are moved from substandard to new housing that is erected on vacant lots in their own neighborhoods. This practice physically renews the neighborhood without interfering with established social structures.
The architectural decisions John Ciardullo Associates made on Plaza Borinquen 88 also took that existing social structure equally seriously. The project proved beyond a doubt that, if all aspects of the private/public continuum are addressed, even in low-income urban housing people can be comfortable and in control of the spaces where their lives unfold.
Plaza Borinquen 88 is an environment where inner city residents can enjoy privacy within their homes and the free use of semi-public open spaces, while identifying with consecutively larger groups beyond the family, including those outside the community boundary.
WELCOME
EVENT EMCEE
Fred Mitchell, Senior Vice President, The NHP Foundation
INVITED HONORARY SPEAKERS
Richard Burns, President & CEO, The NHP Foundation
Honorable Jose Serrano, U.S. Congressman, New York 15th Congressional District Assemblyperson
Carmen Arroyo, New York State Assemblywoman District 84
Melissa Mark-Viverito, City Council Speaker, New York City Council District 8
Commissioner Vicki Been, New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Gary Rodney, President, The New York City Housing Development Corporation
Mirza Orriols, Deputy Regional Administrator, New York Department of Housing and Urban Development
Gayle Manganello, SVP Manager of Origination, PNC Real Estate
Magaly Castellano, Long-time Resident of Plaza Borinquen
CLOSING REMARKS
John Ciardullo, Plaza Borinquen Architect, Ciardullo Associates
CEREMONIAL RIBBON-CUTTING
SECURED FINANCING & FUNDING IN PART BY
New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC)
New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD)
PNC Bank
US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
The NHP Foundation (NHPF)
