Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments
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The Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments was a large non-governmental subsidized housing project in Chicago
at East 47th Street and South Michigan Avenue. It was constructed in 1929 by philanthropist Julius Rosenwald
, then president of Sears, Roebuck & Company. The housing project was modeled after the Dunbar Apartments
built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
, in 1926 in Harlem, New York City.
Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments received National Register of Historic Places designation in 1981.
nuclear plant in the Ukraine
, a rather harsh illustration of how far out of repair the apartments had become.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
at East 47th Street and South Michigan Avenue. It was constructed in 1929 by philanthropist Julius Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwald was a U.S. clothier, manufacturer, business executive, and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and for the Rosenwald Fund which donated millions to support the education of African American children in the rural South, as well...
, then president of Sears, Roebuck & Company. The housing project was modeled after the Dunbar Apartments
Dunbar Apartments
Constructed in 1926, the Dunbar Apartments are a set of buildings in North-Central Harlem in New York City, built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to provide housing for African Americans. The apartments were designed by architect Andrew J. Thomas, noted for his designs in the community of Jackson...
built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. was a major philanthropist and a pivotal member of the prominent Rockefeller family. He was the sole son among the five children of businessman and Standard Oil industrialist John D. Rockefeller and the father of the five famous Rockefeller brothers...
, in 1926 in Harlem, New York City.
Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments received National Register of Historic Places designation in 1981.
Other Uses
In 2010, filming for the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon was done on site. In the movie, the apartments doubled as part of the ChernobylChernobyl
Chernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932....
nuclear plant in the Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, a rather harsh illustration of how far out of repair the apartments had become.