Architectural Influences
The design of the towers was influenced by medieval keeps in Europe. The cross design of the towers and the towers in a park layout was later used in most of New York's social and affordable housing. The labor movement owned United Housing Foundation built tens of thousands of cooperative apartments using a similar layout. The reinforced concrete construction was also copied in cooperative developments. Private rental housing, like those built in Parkchester and Stuyvesant Town residential developments followed the architectural design, but substituted the concrete frame for a cheaper steel frame construction.
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Looking up from Henry Hudson Parkway
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Three of the Castle Village towers from the air (right)
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Warkworth Castle, 15th century keep situated in Warkworth, Northumberland
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Floor plan of Warkworth keep
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Seward Park towers in Cooperative Village; the standard UHF layout by Herman Jessor combined three Castle Village type towers side-by-side.
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