Washington Heights (December 1956)

Washington Heights (housing for U.S. military officers) in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo - luxury foreign cars lined up in the parking lot of the Washington Heights housing for U.S. military officers. A total of 2.16 million people were mobilized during the one-year construction period, and about 800 units were completed in September 1947. The site area was approximately 914,000 square meters. It is home to approximately 3,000 officers of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, and their families (including 1,200 children). Facilities within the Heights include a school, church, medical clinic, PX, theater, clubhouse, market, fire station, auto repair shop, and warehouse. Luxury foreign cars used by U.S. military officers and their families lined up in a parking lot in Washington Heights, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, December 1953, photo by Jiro Futamura. Mainichi Graph, January 13, 1954, page 8 cut (right side of a composite of two photos) Japan / Tokyo / Shibuya-ku Washington Heights, December 1953, photo by Jiro Futamura