Abstract
Parkchester, located in the Bronx, New York City, is the largest apartment community in the world, having 58 buildings, containing 12,273 apartments, which eventually will accommodate nearly 40,000 persons. The entire group of buildings is heated by a central steam-generating plant, and all condensate is collected at individual groups of buildings and returned to the central plant in an ingenious and novel collection system. To avoid corrosion of the distribution and condensate-return lines required the generation of steam of the highest quality. Numerous engineering problems were encountered and had to be economically solved in the basic design of the various structures. The project is now completed and the period of initial operation has demonstrated the soundness of the development. This paper presents a general discussion of certain problems which occurred in this development, emphasis being placed on the engineering aspects.
