Techwood Homes: Atlanta, Georgia

Techwood Homes, located in Atlanta, Ga, is the first housing project built in America. It was opened for occupancy in 1935 and completed in 1936. Techwood was built in response to the governments "slum clearance" and built on what was previously Techwood Flats. The neighborhood Techwood Flats was known as a white ghetto. Techwood was torn down in 1996 to make room for the Olympic housing. (Honestly, Atlanta- one big slum- did not want to be exposed to the world for its poor housing conditions).

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[PhillyChickNaomi]

Look at the amazing construction on these buildings. Buildings surrounded by trees. I think of so many people in other countries who lack the technology and resources to build like this. And how we don't appreciate having a "roof over our heads". There are people living in tin and wooden shacks all over the world. We have opportunity to live sheltered, even with modest accommodations...and we tear it up, physically, socially, spiritually, economically. We = Americans.

[terminuszone1]

@PhillyChickNaomi Good comment.

[1mekah]

WOODY TO THE DAY I DIE...made me who i am today!

Independent, Professional with hard-work and get-money ethics... yet still humble.

Never Forgotten....

RIP cuz Ulondy (Dencie) Hardeman, Montrez Edwards, Liwonda Newell,

Angel Rivers, Ms. Marie, Renee (Bald-head) Beck, Tony D, Faye, and Frederick Mitchell.

Track-star "James Tyes", Ricardo, Anthony Harold, Big Brother Perk, Lil "Cynt",

Fayla, Tamara, Netra, and others that have walked on "WOODY" land.

JULY 16, 2011 MADDOX PARK

[terminuszone1]

@1mekah I'm interested to hear how the Techwood Day goes....will you please let me know afterwards...

[terminuszone1]

@e081194eng Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I'm longer tolerating racial or disrespectful comments on my videos so I'm going to delete your message. Unfortunately some of yall might get the wrong idea about the videos- not meant to expose any ethnicity or to degrade anyone,- but really I had hopes of putting videos up so people could remember where they lived or grew up. Like a memorial or remembering.

[poppajah]

question, ya think congress said that techwood was the most dangerous housing project in the country just to tore it down for the olympics??? you think they would have went about it the same way if atlanta didn't get picked for the olympics???

[B3ckyatl]

i used to live there

[terminuszone1]

@PhillyChickNaomi Yeah the race riot of 1906 was actually the second biggest riot in America behind the Watts riots in Cali.....a lot of it happened around downtown and the Brownsville area now better known as Summerhill. The Flat Iron building is probably what you see in Manhattan, I know there is a discrepancy as to which city built it first: Atlanta or New York.

[PhillyChickNaomi]

@atl2maryland - The years when King was alive, African-Americans living in Atlanta had pride and sought higher education. I was surprised to learn about the Race Riot of 1906 when innocent black men were accused of false assaults - and the Great Fire of Atlanta some years later. Great history in that city. Some parts of the downtown area remind me of Manhattan. Very hilly, too.

[twoZJs]

Such a waste. Why ones will destroy their homes due to the age of the site. Shame, shame on you with little self-worth will set and let your own kind pull down the hood to run to another home site to do the same in a short time.

Appreciation is none existence when there isn't any toil in achievement.

Work to many is to walk a ways for a hand-out. Shame, shame. Haiti is here!

[1mekah]

RIP Anthony ARNOLD

[UrsTrulyXFILE]

TECHWOOD REUNION ON THE 16TH JULY U ALREADY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS LEH GO