Nickerson Garden Projects

On it written in black in old english script are the names of the dead.
Nickerson garden projects. The first names to grace the wall were those killed in gang violence but there are also names of people who meant something to the community. Nickerson gardens consists of 156 buildings with townhouse style units made up on single bedroom units. Nickerson gardens this 2054 units project located in watts los angeles was recently in the news when a shootout between police officers and an 18 year old man ended with the death of the latter on july 26th 2016.
It was completed in the year 1955 and the original architect was paul revere williams it was named after william nickerson jr the founder and former ceo of. The use of gardens in the name of this particular housing project was important to the aesthetic outcome of the williams design for nickerson. Nickerson gardens consists of 156 buildings with townhouse style units ranging in size from one bedrooms to five bedrooms.
In spite of the challenges imposed by government restrictions williams still believed in the value of providing quality of life to residents. Housing projects nickerson gardens is a 1054 unit public housing apartment complex at 159 east 114th street in watts los angeles california.