Hudson Guild helped residents help themselves - both as individuals and as an organized community. Through the Guild’s vast array of clubs, community members were able to join together to improve living conditions and accomplish the following milestones:
Establishment of one of the first free kindergartens in New York
Created Chelsea Park, the area’s first recreational space
Lobbied for a Model Tenement House Law
Free movie showings in Chelsea Park, attracting 5,000 people
Constructed a public bathhouse on West 28th Street
Opened an outdoor milk station to improve child and adult nutrition
Created The Chelsea Homes Corporation, which financed construction of a model tenement on West 28th Street, equipping each apartment with indoor plumbing
Establishment of one of the first summer day camps in the city
Opened a dental clinic, followed by prenatal and well-baby clinics two years later
Formation of The Cellar Players, a theatre group
Ridded Tenth Avenue (a.k.a. “Death Avenue”) of street-level freight trains
Opened the City Health Center on Ninth Avenue and 28th Street
Approval of new, low-cost, city-funded housing in Chelsea
Founding of the Elliott Neighbors Club for Senior Citizens (the first settlement house-run senior program in New York City)
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