Latimer Gardens - NYCHA
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Lewis H. Latimer Gardens has four, 10-story buildings with 423 apartments. Completed September 30, 1970, the 3.84-acre Queens development is bordered by 34th and 35th Avenues, Linden Place, and Leavitt and 137th Streets.
Latimer Gardens is named after Lewis H. Latimer (1848-1928), who was born to runaway slaves in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Latimer invented and patented an incandescent light bulb with a carbon filament in 1881. He was a skillful, self-taught mechanical draftsman and served as an engineer for the Edison Company where he supervised the installation of the electric light system. He also made patent drawings of the first telephone for Alexander Graham Bell. Latimer was also an accomplished poet, painter and musician.
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Latimer Gardens is named after Lewis H. Latimer (1848-1928), who was born to runaway slaves in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Latimer invented and patented an incandescent light bulb with a carbon filament in 1881. He was a skillful, self-taught mechanical draftsman and served as an engineer for the Edison Company where he supervised the installation of the electric light system. He also made patent drawings of the first telephone for Alexander Graham Bell. Latimer was also an accomplished poet, painter and musician.
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Coordinates: 40°45'57"N 73°49'48"W
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