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The 1957-1959 Handy Heights Urban Renewal Project by the City of Florence Housing Authority

Title

The 1957-1959 Handy Heights Urban Renewal Project by the City of Florence Housing Authority

Subject

Community

Description

A series of Florence Herald and Florence Times articles on the Handy Heights Urban Renewal/Redevelopment Project of the Florence City Housing Authority of the late 1950s.

This urban renewal project, one of the first in the nation, initiated by the City of Florence Housing Authority in the fall of 1957, called for the purchase of 78 residential lots in Handy Heights in West Florence which would house 80 families in a subdivision known as "Carver Homes." A similar project for white residents resulted in the construction of Cherry Hill Homes in East Florence. The project also resulted in the construction, in 1958, of the Handy Heights Recreation Center, near the Handy Heights Pool, which had been constructed in 1955.

Source

1.-10; 13-17. Florence (AL) Herald

11-12. Sheffield AL Tri-Cities Daily

Publisher

1-10; 13-17. Newspapers.com

11-12. Micro Photo, Inc.

Date

Contributor

Lee Freeman

Rights

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Jpeg

Language

English

Type

Still Images

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Citation

“The 1957-1959 Handy Heights Urban Renewal Project by the City of Florence Housing Authority,” Shoals Black History, accessed November 9, 2025, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1316.

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