Lincoln Towers - History

History

Lincoln Towers is part of the massive Lincoln Square urban redevelopment of the old San Juan Hill district of Manhattan in the 1960s that razed a large area of what were deemed slums by development officials. Researchers at Columbia University recently completed an architectural history of the Lincoln Square redevelopment project.

The project was converted from rental apartments to a complex condominium/co-op structure in 1987. Each building is an independent condominium comprising the residence, the professional units, and the underground garage. The residential portion of each building is in turn a co-op. Each of the eight addresses is a member of the Lincoln Towers Community Association, an umbrella organization responsible for the maintenance of the grounds and provision of security on the large parklike campus.