Rose Hill and Kips Bay underwent its greatest period of change in the nineteenth century when the area was transformed from countryside beyond the developed city to an urban district of factories, tenements and row houses. The second most significant transformation of the neighborhood occurred in the decades following the Second World War, when numerous tenements and commercial structures were leveled to construct new apartment buildings and hospitals. This “urban renewal” altered both the physical and social character of the neighborhood, as many poor and working class residents were forced to relocate when their tenements were replaced with high-rise apartments constructed largely for the middle class.
Stuyvesant
Town and Peter Cooper Village
Bellevue
South Redevelopment Project: 23rd to 30th Streets,
Gramercy
Park Urban Renewal Area: 24th to 27th Streets,
