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Frederick Douglass Houses
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A public housing project located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in the Manhattan Valley neighborhood of the Upper West Side - between 100th Street and 104th Street, to the east of Amsterdam Avenue and the west of Manhattan Avenue.
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Originally 17 buildings opened in 1958 with 2,056 apartments and 4,588 residents
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Named for the civil rights pioneer Frederick Douglass
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