- Demolished public housing projects in Atlanta
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See also: Atlanta mixed-income communities and Atlanta Housing Authority
In 1994 the Atlanta Housing Authority, discouraged by the failure of its public housing projects and encouraged by the federal HOPE VI program, embarked on a policy of demolishing public housing projects and building mixed-income communities in their place.[1]
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Replaced by mixed-income communities
Capitol Homes
Replaced by Capitol Gateway
Carver Homes
Located in southeast Atlanta, west of South Atlanta and east of Joyland and High Point. Replaced by The Villages at Carver.
Eagan Homes
Replaced by Magnolia Park in 2000. Located in Vine City[2]
East Lake Meadows
Replaced by The Villages of East Lake. Offsites replaced by Columbia Commons and Columbia Village.
Grady Homes
Located in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood, replaced by Ashley Auburn Pointe mixed-income community.
Harris Homes
Built 1956. Replaced by Ashley College Town[3]
John Hope Homes
Adjacent to Castleberry Hill neighborhood southwest of Downtown Atlanta. Replaced by The Villages of Castleberry Hill mixed-income community.
McDaniel-Glenn Homes
41 acres (17 ha), 293-unit[4] compelx in the northwest corner of Mechanicsville, torn down between February and May 2006.[5] Replaced by Columbia at Mechanicsville Station.
Perry Homes
Demolished in 1999.[6] Replaced by West Highlands, which includes:
- Columbia Estates, 124 townhouses and garden-style apartments, for rent
- Columbia Heritage, a 132-unit mixed-income seniors housing development
- Columbia Park Citi, a 154-unit mixed-income garden-style apartment complex
- Columbia Crest, a 152-unit mixed-use project with 5,000 square feet (460 m2) of retail space; and
- Columbia Grove, a 138-unit multifamily project that will be the final phase[7]
Techwood/Clark Howell
Main article: Techwood HomesFirst public housing project in the United States, located in in the Centennial Hill district of Downtown Atlanta, replaced by Centennial Place. Kimberly Courts off-site replaced by Ashley Courts at Cascade. Other offsite replaced by Ashley Terrace at West End.
Not (yet) rebuilt
Antoine Graves
Main article: Antoine Graves (building)Senior citizen highrise built 1965. Architect John C. Portman, Jr. One of Portman's earliest and most influential projects, his first atrium building and only public housing project.[8] Located at 126 SE Hilliard St. SE, Downtown. Demolished 2009 including annex. Portman pleaded to save the building to no avail.
Bankhead Courts
Main article: Bankhead CourtsAs of January 2011, "demolition was underway".[9]
Bowen Homes
As of January 2011, "demolition was almost complete".[9]
Englewood Manor
Built 1970. Demolished 2008.
Herndon Homes
This article is about the demolished public housing project. For the Herndon family home, see Herndon Home.Located in the east part of the English Avenue neighborhood, east of Northside at John and Grey. Built 1941. As of January 2011, "demolition was almost complete".[9] Named for Alonzo F. Herndon, born a slave, founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and became Atlanta's richest African American.[10] video
Hollywood Courts
As of January 2011, "demolition was almost complete".[9]
Jonesboro North
Jonesboro South
Leila Valley
Palmer House
Senior citizen highrise. Will be demolished floor-by-floor during Spring 2011.[13]
Roosevelt House
Senior citizen highrise located at the southwest corner of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and North Avenue. Built 1973. Contained 150 apartments. Demolished with explosives on February 27, 2011.[13]
Thomasville Heights
Built 1967, demolished 2010.[9]
University Homes
Built in 1938 on the site of the former Beaver Slide slum. Seen as the African American counterpart to Techwood Homes, the first public housing project in the nation. Architect William Augustus Edwards. Demolished 2008-9. As of April 2011 still in the planning stages to become another mixed-income community.
U-Rescue Villa
Main article: U-Rescue VillaTorn down in May 2008.[14]
References
- ^ "How We Made Things Work", Atlanta Housing Authority Blog
- ^ "Magnolia Park", Atlanta Housing Authority
- ^ Atlanta NPU T site
- ^ TSW and Associates | McDaniel Glenn Public Housing Development in Mechanicsville
- ^ Hard Hat News
- ^ "Blighted housing project could become site of 462-acre community with golf course", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2000-04-01
- ^ eric Wong, "Saved by Hope VI",Affordable Housing Finance
- ^ Maria Saporta, "Portman’s first atrium building to be torn down", Atlanta Business Chronicle
- ^ a b c d e Council Committee Seeks AHA Eviction, Relocation Data
- ^ p.610, Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s, Franklin M. Garrett
- ^ a b YouTube - Jonesboro North & South: Atlanta, Georgia
- ^ YouTube - Leila Valley- Atlanta, Ga
- ^ a b "Historic Roosevelt House demolished", Technique, March 4, 2011
- ^ Old Fourth Ward Master Plan
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- Urban renewal in Atlanta, Georgia
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