- Northeast Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Northeast Village was a wartime military housing project just south of the present Normandy Village, between Red Lion Rd. to the south, Decatur Rd. to the east, Comly Rd. to the north, and the Roosevelt Boulevard to the west. The land was owned by several farmers named John and Joseph Root, Warder Jenks, William Knight, Humphrey Humphreys, William Morrow and Thomas Lees.
The complex began construction in 1946 and was opened in January 1947. The Benjamin Crispin (Northeast Village) Elementary School Annex was located at Midday and Clipper Roads.[1] In 1949, the U.S. Government turned the property over to the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA). In 1950, a U.S. Air Force jet crashed into a row of homes on the east end of the complex, on Beachhead Road near Lagoon Road. This caused the PHA to tear down several of the homes on that street. In 1953, more homes were torn down to make way for the construction of a northern extension of the main north/south runway of North Philadelphia (now Northeast) airport. In 1960, PHA gave an order to close the complex. In 1962, dismantling began and the site was completely cleared to make way for the Northeast Philadelphia Industrial Park.[2] The only vestiges of the Northeast Village can be found today by driving on Norcom Road about 1500 feet above Red Lion Road, the partially paved 5-6 width that has not grown over remains of Atoll or Beachhead Roads can still be seen. These roads are at an approximate 60 degree angle south of Norcom Rd.
The following fire alarm box assignments were designated to the Northeast Village between around 1950 to around 1962:[3]
Number Location 4738 Roosevelt Blvd. and Sea Lane 6429 Wake and Atoll Roads 6659 Beachhead and Midday Roads 6675 Wake and Midday Roads 6678 Shore and Air Lanes 6681 Dune and Atoll Roads References
Categories:- Public housing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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