Lincoln Towers

Cons: many apartments forbid washer dryers
restrictions on pets
one of the buildings was first in the country to ban smoking inside a unit
Pros:
Upper west side rocks!
security
you can talk about west side story
Relatively in-expensive versus what's nearby

Cons: high maintenance

Pros: restrictions on pets
one of the buildings was first in the country to ban smoking inside a unit

Prices look pretty high for what the apartments are - this is considered "relatively inexpensive?

the smoking ban never became effective based on what I have heard. And as far as wahser and dryers, most co-ops prohibit them. Also, the restrictions on pets is misleading because each building has its own board. So some allow pets and others do not.

I have seen several units there, and I can definitey see how one may be happy living there. But here are some reasons why I didn't buy there:

1. The community appears geriatric, which is a consideration for some buyers;
2. Although the area is generally desirable, I wish it were a block or two further to the East, party because of the (perceived?) proximity to public housing and the distance from the train station;
3. The ceilings are low, and the units are decidedly cookie-cutter;
4. The courtyard is lovely to have in theory--but the view from the balcony somehow makes me feel as though I were in Queens;
5. The huge number of units and the lack of amenities do not justify the high maintenance.

Lincoln towers was built as a housing project(middle income)

no, Lincoln Towers was NOT built as a housing project you fool. Housing projects were built by the govt. Lincon Towers has always been privately owned.

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/02/realestate/lincoln-towers-up-for-sale-called-likely-conversion.html?&pagewanted=all

LINCOLN TOWERS, which cost $70 million

to build, was developed early in the 1960's by Webb & Knapp Inc. with assistance from the Title 1 program of the Federal Housing Act of 1949. The Government cleared slums and provided developers with vacant land and low-interest mortgages in exchange for promises that the projects would provide middle-income housing. The project was subsequently sold to Alcoa Properties, a subsidiary of the Aluminum Corporation of America and, in 1976, to the MacArthur Foundation.

Alpie, we've been through this before. Lincoln Towers' own website (history page) says it was built as a project.

and as I pointed out before, the word "project" is not specific to just low income buildings.

The_President, your last two comments seem internally inconsistent.

Place seems to be falling apart. Wall near garage just fell apart spewing bricks