This month in RE history: The city’s first private-public development, architect Louis Skidmore dies … & more

From the September issue: The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company filed its plans for the first buildings in a massive Bronx housing complex 78 years ago this month. Louis Skidmore, a founding partner of architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, died 54 years ago this month, according to an obituary in the New York Times. A confidential government report leaked to the New York Times 29 years ago this month found that organized crime organizations were effectively controlling New York City’s construction industry. [more]