The history of NYC’s Quonset Huts, Robert Moses-era veterans housing

Apr 21, 2017 |

A row of Quonset huts in Canarsie, via Brooklyn Public Library When veterans returned to NYC from WWII, they were met with a Depression-era housing shortage that resulted from a nearly 15-year lack of new development. To immediately address the issue, “master builder” Robert Moses (who by this time was reigning over the city’s public housing projects) proposed […more]

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