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About Alfred Tredway White
Alfred Tredway White was an American housing reformer and philanthropist, and was known as "Brooklyn's first citizen." After graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1865 with a degree in civil engineering, he developed the Home Buildings (1877), Tower Buildings and the Riverside Buildings (1890). He advocated a model of "philanthropy plus five percent," accepting a limited financial return on his projects.
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- philanthropist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 28, 1846
- Died
- January 29, 1921