Techwood House is the first public housing project in the United States, opened just before the First House. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, he replaced a slum town known as Tanyard Bottom or Tech Flats. Completed on August 15, 1936, but was dedicated on November 29 of the previous year by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The apartments include bathtub and electricity in each unit, 189 of which have a garage. Central laundry facilities, kindergartens and library are also provided. Techwood is meant to eliminate the slum settlements inhabited by the poor, but eventually it becomes the house itself.
The complex was designed by Georgia Tech alumni and Flippen architect David Burge (later Stevens & Wilkinson), and was organized by Charles Forrest Palmer, a real estate developer who has become an expert in public housing and will lead a newly created Atlanta. Housing Authority and Chamber of Commerce. Landscape was designed by Edith Henderson, who also designed Clark Howell's neighbor's house with her partner, Grace Campbell.
The name comes from Techwood Drive, which in turn is named for nearby Georgia Tech. The project includes a 300-student dorm for Georgia Tech, McDaniel Dormitory, commonly referred to as Techwood Dormitory. It's run by the Atlanta Housing Authority. Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s the area was synonymous with urban disease in Atlanta.
Techwood Homes was built on cleansed land by destroying Flats, a low-income, integrated neighborhood adjacent to the city center that has involved 1,600 families, nearly one third of whom are African Americans. The Public Works Administration re-created the environment with 604 units for white families only.
Clark Howell's neighbor's home was built in 1941 in a less institutional style. A. Ten Eyck Brown is the architect. Clark Howell was reserved for whites only until 1968, with his all-black colleague at the University House project (built 1938) near the Atlanta University Center.
Except for some historic buildings, Techwood Homes was destroyed in 1996 before the 1996 Summer Olympics. This and Clark Howell's neighboring home is now a multipurpose area called Centennial Place. The first phase opened in 1996 just before the Centennial Olympics, hence the new name. Former residents were transferred to other areas, and were given a share of 8 vouchers to pay part of the rent. Many have moved back to Centennial Place, despite having much less subsidized units than Techwood House.
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See also
- Public housing projects destroyed in Atlanta
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References
External links
- Techwood Home New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Techwood History at artery.org
- Atlanta Housing Interplay
- Historical Buildings of America (HABS) No. GA-2257, "Techwood Home (Public Housing), Limited by North Avenue, Parker Street, William Street & Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA", 30 photos, 4 scanned images, 46 pages of data, 6 pages of photos , and 24 other entries for individual structures such as:
- HABS No. GA-2257-C, "Techwood House, Building No. 1, 575-579 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA", 24 photos, 6 measurable images, 13 pages of data, 4 photos photo page
- HABS No. GA-2309, "Clark Howell House (Public Housing), Limited by North Avenue, Lovejoy Street, Mills Street & Luckie Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA", 54 photos, 28 pages of data, 8 pages of photo text, and 13 other entries for individual structures like:
- HABS No. GA-2309-B, "Clark Howell House, Library Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie, 538 Luckie Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA", 16 photos, 13 pages of data, 3 pages photo caption
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