Liberty Landing Supportive Housing (New York City, New York)

 interesting place, Art Deco (architecture), public housing estate, 1931_construction

9-story prison completed in 1931. Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon as the Seamen's House YMCA. It is clad in brown brick, with a chamfered corner at the intersection of 11th Avenue and 20th Street, where there is a 2-story Art-Deco stone entry.

The building was converted to drug rehab center in 1967, and to a medium-security women's prison in 1974. The south wall features a red-and-pink abstract mural called Venus, painted in 1970 by Knox Martin - now mostly eclipsed by the condo next door. Before Superstorm Sandy hit in October 2012, Bayview's 153 prisoners were evacuated and sent to other facilities. The building sustained $600,000 as a result of storm damage and remained closed due to NYS Budgetary reasons.

After an international design competition in 2016, Deborah Berke Partners won the commission to transform the former facility into a permanent home for the girls’ and women’s rights movement in New York City. However, that plan faced an abrupt cancellation by the NoVo Foundation and Goren Group in 2019. It was converted by COOKFOX Architects to residential for Camber Property Group and Osborne Association.

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