Handy Heights Project

Title

Subject

Community; urban renewal; public housing; segregation

Description

This is a booklet about the redesign of the Handy Heights neighborhood in 1954. The project cleared 26 acres of land (and 84 structures) in West Florence and brought public housing, an elementary school, and an African American housing development to the area. This was one of the first urban renewal redevelopments aimed at African Americans in the entire nation.

Creator

Florence Housing Authority

Source

Harvard University Library: the Department of City Planning and Landscape Architecture

Publisher

Florence Housing Authority; Harvard University Library

Date

1954-11-15

Contributor

Brian Murphy

Rights

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Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Mixed Media

Identifier

HandyHeights.pdf

Original Format

Paper

Files

Collection

Community

Citation

Florence Housing Authority , “Handy Heights Project,” Shoals Black History, accessed May 4, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/280.