Talk:Knickerbocker Village

This is a good start but not ultimately satisfactory. Lower middle class is not defined, it is not clear why the stated goals (construction industry revival, low-income housing) are necessarily contradictory,

too much emphasis on the mob (really, who cares?)—the social history is more interesting and affected more people but obviously less pop culture-ish mischaracterization of the Rosenberg conviction not enough citations

that is a brief roster of a few obvious weak points that could be easily addressed through consulting a good history of New York City housing. 76.15.180.49 (talk) 16:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Who is Mr. Jones and what is his affiliation to Knickerbocker Village, the block, neighborhood, and Mr. French?

If Mr. French started construction in 1933, completed in construction in 1934, and then sold it 50 years later, the sale date would be either 1983 or 1984. Yet the article states that Mr. French sold the propert in the 1970s. The time frame is contradictory and senseless. The date of sale can be determined by checking the record of sale.

What is "Article IV"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.247.36.25 (talk) 13:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

The out-of-nowhere reference to Mr. Jones happens because someone sometime stole a 1930s TIME magazine paragraph or three. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pecan mom (talk • contribs) 20:15, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

DRUSHZHINA (talk) 23:27, 6 November 2011 (UTC)Fred F. French's actual last name was Rosenthal.

DRUSHZHINA (talk) 23:27, 6 November 2011 (UTC)Article 4 is Limited Dividend Housing under NYS Private Housing Laws. It was created to encourage low to middle income units to be built by guarenteering the investors 3% on their investments. There were only about a dozen developments in NYS built under Art. IV.

DRUSHZHINA (talk) 23:27, 6 November 2011 (UTC)Knickerbocker is one of the few buildings which keeps the original topography of Manhattan Island in that it is built into the side of a hill. Stand on the corner of Cherry & Market Sts. and you can see the hill. Two of the other places which were never leveled are the Portuguese Sailors Cemetery (on Park Row off Oliver St.) which is about 6' over street level and the back of Trinity Church Cemetary which is about 8' above the side-walk level on Church St. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DRUSHZHINA (talk • contribs) 00:48, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

DRUSHZHINA (talk) 23:25, 6 November 2011 (UTC)The "sale" of KV in the 1970's was actually a sale of stock from Mrs. Rosenthal to Kestinberg, Gershon & Green". Thus obviating pre-approval by the NYS Div of Housing & Community Renewal.

Very poor photo
The photo does not really show Knickerbocker Village. See this website for what it looks like. http://bedfordandbowery.com/2014/12/yellow-fever-and-red-scare-the-very-colorful-history-of-knickerbocker-village/ Cbmccarthy (talk) 08:22, 25 September 2017 (UTC)