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Show . , i. I ' k "i if; ri I I t -i ' .1 I 'I- - - - ; i- -f t. M . I t i i f .-.- - J . . . ,' ' .-: , .. .. i r' CrJ ' " I J & . t.......:.ifff...t. ifnaniii -i i r i ii - V..i.jf-,ufr. ' - WINDMILL GENERATES ELECTRICTY: Windmills have long been a common sight on the farm. But a windmill in the city and high atop a multi-story apartment building? build-ing? There's one located on top of a renovated tenement at 519 East 11th Street on the Lower East Side in New York City. What's it doing there? It's using the wind to generate electricity for 33 tenants in the building below. Erected by means of funds provided by the Community Services Administration, the central agency within the federal government for developing, testing and operating various programs to reduce poverty, the 2,000 watt, 14-foot diameter, three -bladed wind generator is the first windmill to be installed in any major American city for power generation. The 5-story, 11-unit, 33-tenant tenement on which it is mounted was renovated by a group of tenants who organized themselves into the 11th Street Movement. |