Williamsburg Houses does make a striking and impressive statement against its surroundings of still-decaying wooden houses and walk-up tenements.

Now is a good time to tour Williamsburg Houses.

There will as well, he said, be about 50 families from the Williamsburg Houses, another public housing project, who will be moving into the new development.

Many critics praised the new complex, but by the 60's, the Williamsburg Houses had begun their steep decline.

The largest, the 20-building Williamsburg Houses, opened in 1938.

Lescaze was also the design lead for the 1937 Williamsburg Houses in Brooklyn, a pioneering 20-building modernist housing project modeled on European examples.

Shreve was also the lead architect for the landmark 1937 Williamsburg Houses housing development in Brooklyn.

Mendez grew up in the Williamsburg Houses, a New York City Housing Authority development.

The Williamsburg Houses were designated a New York City Landmark in 2003.

The Williamsburg Houses were designated a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on June 24, 2003.