Metropolitan Houses
 

Start of Metropolitan Buildings
1923
 

 The ground breaking photograph shows the Metropolitan Housing start,  August 16, 1922, this picture was taken on 48 Street  and 47 Avenue. Look towards Queens Blvd.,  you can see a train in the background. This housing development was originally built by the Metropolitan Insurance Company for low income families. The developement was sold by the Met Corp. and is now called Cosmopolitan Houses.   (Circa1923)