From Infamous Bronx Horror to $66 Million Humane Beacon of Hope
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Walking down a quiet, leafy street in the Bronx, I come upon a wedge-shaped, seven-story building patterned in a vibrant mix of oranges, reds and grays.
The new $66-million Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing Center handsomely anchors a corner of East 151st Street in the Bronx. Opened in May, it supplanted the notoriously inadequate Emergency Assistance Unit that had for decades symbolized the city’s inability to cope with homeless families.