New Kensington Pennsylvania

New Kensington (known locally as New Ken) is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated along the Allegheny River 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Pittsburgh and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. In 1941, New Kensington became the site of a modern workers' housing project—named the Aluminum City Terrace—designed by Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius. In 1948, tenants from the Terrace decided to purchase the housing project from the U.S. government to form a co-op, managed by a board of directors, elected by representatives from the 250 units. The city was annexed by the borough of Parnassus in 1939. It has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) climate, with cold, snowy winters, and warm to hot summers. In the 2000 census, there were 14,701 people, 6,519 households, and 3,963 families residing in the city. There were 7,309 housing units, an average density of 1,841.5 per square mile (711.0/km).