Atlanta-The Beginning and End of Public Housing.wmv

Atlanta, Georgia is the birth place of public housing i.e. Techwood Homes. Atlanta is also the first city to raze all of its public housing- exception Martin St Plaza (Summerhill) and Westminster (Piedmont Rd). Up until the Olympics 1 of 9 people in Atlanta lived in a housing project. These apartments are an extreme improvement from the neighborhoods that once stood in the same place. These projects are a part of Atlanta's history whether we like it or not. I couldn't fit in the highrise public housing so I will make another video for those. Also I left out other Fulton County projects...like Kimberly Courts and Boat Rock. Not to mention all the projects in our brother cities: East Point: Creekside, Hillcrest, Oj Hurt, Martel Homes, Washington Carver...College Park: Red Oak...etc. Decatur: Swanton Heights, Allen Wilson Terrace, Toby Grant ....etc. We came into this world with nothing and will leave with nothing- none of us had a choice of the life we were born in to. If you love your projects and you are proud of where you are from then good...those that live in other cities should recognize where it all started, Atlanta, Georgia. If you hate the projects because of miscellaneous reasons and negative stereotypes then fine...still thank Atlanta. Two apartments I wanted to mention are Tucker Homes, I called them Richmond Circle or the Sawtell Ave apartments, I did not know they were projects but they were listed under Atlanta public housing-they have been completely renovated- and same with Wheat St Gardens, I thought they were just apartments but they also were part of the Atlanta public housing at one time. Atlanta has publicly and privately owned projects. Public Housing is shown in alphabetical order: Bankhead Court - Bankhead Bolton project Bowen Homes - Cary Park project Capitol Homes Carver Homes - South Atlanta project Clark Howell Homes - Tanyard Bottoms project Eagan Homes - Vine City project East Lake Meadows aka Lil Vietnam - East Lake project Englewood Manor - Chosewood Park project Gilbert Gardens aka Pool Creek- Blair Village project Grady Homes- Old Fourth Ward project Harris Homes - West End project Herndon Homes - Fifth Ward project Hollywood Court - John Hope Homes - Castleberry Hill project Jonesboro North- Lakewood project Jonesboro South - Lakewood project Leila Valley - Rebel Valley Forest project Martin St. Plaza- Summerhill project McDaniel-Glenn- Mechanicsville project Perry Homes- Techwood Homes - Techwood Flats project Thomasville Heights- Thomasville project Tucker Homes- Lakewood Heights project University Homes- Beaver Slide project U-Rescue Villa- Buttermilk Bottoms-Bedford Pine project Westminster - Wheat St Gardens - Old Fourth Ward project