Atlanta Public Housing

Collection:

Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection

Creator:

Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989

Date:

1948

URL at Partner site:

http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1637

DLG URL:

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/geh_rogers_1637

Subject:

Housing--Georgia--Atlanta, Streets--Georgia--Atlanta, Aerial photographs, Aerial views, Laundry, Clotheslines, Atlanta Housing Authority, New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia--Atlanta, and Techwood Homes (Atlanta, Ga.)

Spatial coverage:

United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Medium:

black-and-white photographs

Description:

Aerial view, looking southeast over Techwood Homes towards downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Techwood Homes was the first public housing project in the United States. It was dedicated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1935, but not completed until 1936. Techwood Homes was initially provided public housing for white families only. It was operated by the Atlanta Housing Authority. Techwood Homes was demolished in 1996 to make way for Centennial Place during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Holding Institution:

Atlanta History Center

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/