Belmar Gardens (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

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Belmar Gardens opened in 1954 as Pittsburgh's first black-owned housing cooperative and the nation's first housing cooperative built with a Federal Housing Administration insured mortgage. Executives of the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper helped raise funds for the project. The cooperative consists of 118 housing units on 17 acres in the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood.
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Coordinates:   40°27'51"N   79°53'39"W
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