Techwood Homes: Atlanta, Georgia
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- 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).
I grew up in Techwood, Thanks for posting childhood memories.
WHERE IS LINDELL,BITCH ASS
how are you?
Is techwood zone 1
I grew up on pine St 1978 til they tore it down
Man I appreciate your comment. Folks only think about the negative and tend to forget about the good people that live in these developments. I enjoy it when folks can think about the good times and not the bad times.
I was born, in 1953, myself, and my parents lived in Techwood Homes
its really the good times that matter....its bigger than what we can even discuss. the ppl in those places was the heart and soul of atlanta.
I knew someone would appreciate this. People can't comprehend the seriousness of the late great Techwood/Clark Howell connection.
WOW!! Imma a Woody too 219 Mills st apt 108 all day!This video is crazy to look at because i can remember the streets, the people & events that happened at certain apartments on certain clips! Its a very surreal feeling seein where ive walked and hung out and fought & cried and laughed...thanks Terminus for this one. Woody 4 life!!!
Pine street
I moved from San Francisco to Atlanta in 1993 and was told by people in San Francisco to stay away from Techwood. Once i got to Atlanta techwood was the first place i went..
I lived in Centennial Place Apartments. I cannot believe how different Techwood homes is from the current apartment complex. I laughed out of shock to hear that the quiet street I lived on was one of the worst in the whole project. I had no idea that the cupola building was a former project. There's no historic marker, and management surely didn't say anything. It's crazy how rapidly it transitioned from being the cocaine-center of Atlanta, to a boring suburban aparment complex.
Yes, looks so different now since I was a kid, I mean much different
My mom is from Techwood and went to Grady high, ATLLLL HO
Wow, i'm a recent transplate to atlanta and i walk by this area on a daily basis. All this info and history is new to me. That busted old corner store and salvation army seemed out of place but it makes perfect sense. can't wait to do some more exploring
The first project inevetiably meant the first Gentrification
@@SSKMusicBeatsNot only in atlanta tho, nyc had Queensbridge projects go up in 1933 also, it’s funny when we Ny and The South go at it when ALL ALONG the “Gentrification” was already agreed upon and carried out while we LOST OUR TRUE SELVES. Now we all h8 eachother and they still Building Prisons and Re-Gentrifying Our Dense communities while we wish a nigga would! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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.
you don't know what you talkin bout at all. a lot of these projects were not built to last at alllll. how do you tear up the damn sewer and sewage system? a lot of these places started having structural issues showing after only two years!
You have some great videos that document some of the history of the projects. I lived and worked in a project "community" in Florida. We had our gangs, crime and some bad stuff but I would like think that we also had some great moments like Thanksgiving and Christmas parties and stuff for the kids and elderly. Projects are not all bad and gangster style, there are families that live there and make those apartments home; memories in which to hold on to and to be shared. Thanks for the video.
BACK TO THE HOOD OF THINGS THAT PRESERVED OUR LIVES AND TRUE DEVOTION TO LIFE
It is of the utmost importance that we remember the way it used to be in the city in the good old days. Sure enough the violence and crime was a huge part of our lives but it wasn't the only part. Now all we have left are memories about how the city used to be but there was NOTHING like Atlanta during the 90's.
I grew up in techwood myself. 411 luckie street apt 8 will always be my address!!!!!! Poak salad ran my street, charles, sarge, cat-eye. All dem niccas!!!!!!
I honestly believe that Atlanta was trying to receive funds from the federal government to aid in Techwoods demolition. The government approves funding for the most distressed projects. The Olympics definitely expedited the process. Good point though...something to think about.
The Atlanta that I miss….. 87 Grady baby… techwood all day… 454 lovejoy!!!
Techwood/Clark Howell Homes, East Lake Meadows, and Perry Homes.
Ya’ll are lucky, this looks way better than Regent Park, be proud of that 👍🏾
Why would people feel lucky? As far as safety and danger goes Regent Park is candyland compared to old Techwood and as far as it looking better that's up for debate.
I said “be proud of that 👍🏾” so be proud of it
@@terminuszone1 regent park is not gonna even exist in a couple years, white people are moving in, and it’s getting gentrified.
I HAVE TO AGREE WITH EMANNJOHNSON... I HAD COUSINS IN TECHWOOD DURING THE 90'S AND THO I'M ONLY 28, I REMEMBER VISISTING AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS ALWAYS SOOOO FAMILY ORIENTED... EVERYBODY KNEW ONE ANOTHA... THERE WAS DEFINITELY CRIME BUT I NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT SIDE OF TECHWOOD... 2 DAYS AGO, I MOVED FROM CENTENNIAL PLACE APTS(THE TECHWOOD REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS EXPENSIVE AS HELL) AND ON MY LAST NITE MY DAD'S TRUCK WAS BURGLARIZED... U CAN CHANGE THE IMAGE BUT NOT THE ESSENCE...
@GSIDEFX Thanks for the comment....I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Techwood was a historical place.
and the olympics brought a lot of good change to atlanta too...it did a total 360...remember how bummy parts of midtown used to look....look at it now...
@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.
@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.
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???
Queensbridge Projects been up since 1933 As well. They said it on Nas’s It was Written Album in 96.
Atlanta has changed alot....anyone you knew how the city used to be knew you couldnt just go in a hood unless you were from it or knew someone down there the worst 3 in the city were
Techwood (first project in America and named most dangerous in country by congress)
East Lake (52 murders a year)
Perry Homes
Ay Homie do you have Thomasville, Carver Homes, Perry????
Pine street
I am Ga Tech graduate and I'm sorry the Techwood dorm had to go.
Shut up
Those were housing projects not dorms
@@Mario_Real_Talk the last building on Techwood street closet to Ga Tech was converted to a dorm for students, i know cause that's where i spent my freshman year
D a n I was talking about the past before any changes. That was public housing in its time.
@@Mario_Real_Talk This was in 1983, you're right they were all still public housing however the college had taken the very last building on Techwood next to North Avenue and converted it to a dorm, but it was not obvious looking at it from outside since the exterior looked the same as all the other buildings.
The Horseshoe!
big up tp perry holmes west side babe
what was the Olympic committee thinking when they decided that Atlanta was a good city to hold the summer games?
i respect this right here. that's trill shit.
my problem with most of the comments in here as well as others is that they look at techwood homes crime and being dangerous as a positive thing. you know...
YA IAM PERRY HOME BABY
I’m tryna figure out how tf they had these high crime ass projects next to a college dorm, like did anything happen to the college kids
I remember going to football games at Georgia Tech and seeing the faces of the fans from visiting teams. They looked scared walking around the stadium....haha. I'm sure there was crime that overflowed into the campus.
Yeah, there are a couple historic structures left over there: Cupola building and the Clark Howell Homes library (on Merritts Ave) and I think there is one other structure on Hunnicutt. Techwood was one of the most dangerous and distressed housing projects in America. I wouldn't consider Centennial Place suburban....it's still downtown.
how many units did techwood have???
@1mekah I'm interested to hear how the Techwood Day goes....will you please let me know afterwards...
name of Photographer ??? current morehouse college photojournalist trying to track them down
I have no idea. Try contacting the Atlanta history center or Georgia State. These images came from someone's archives. I wish I knew so I could give them their credit
My grand mother own the little corner grocery store.
Hard to believe that this was right by GA Tech. You wouldn’t think a prestigious school would be right by one of the worst projects in the nation, but in a way, it makes sense since the projects were supposed to be a step up from the slums themselves.
Na.. I will get Thomasville up here but I don't have anything on Carver or Perry Homes. I wish I did.
I live in Beachwood homes for 16 yrs . I work to help remodel Beachwood homes .
Beachwood homes???
what was it like living in Techwood?
W4L! Mz Lisa. Woody 4 Life!
Is techwood the westside
They always make made these Project type Housing so damn cramped and tiny, a crime in itself. pure evil.
a couple of years ago- 2006, I think.
Can Anybody from da A answer this question which were/are da baddest projects?
Tech wood and East lake and Perry Homes
@@rickyjohnson5894I agree
i used to live there
@OHIOQUEEN2006 These racist folks don't just accidentally type in public housing and stumble across these videos....I don't like that shit at all. Those folks are pathetic.
@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 Good comment.
They knocked down pittsburgh in 2004, I was datin a chick stayed there right above the leasing office.
@asdaser Most people say EastLake Meadows A.K.A. Little Vietnam they were in Zone 6
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McDaniel Glenn was torn down....look at my video. It was the last days.
Good bye techwood homes, and Hello Atlantic Station. Yippi
naw.....it was named the most dangerous project some time before it was torn down its was named that for violent crimes ( murder, robbery,rape, etc....) but yes I fell like techwood wouldve eventually been torn down cause they tearing down all of atlanta's projects now anyway but I proberly wouldve stood a lot longer if it wasnt for the olympics
Anybody go to fowler street school. Rt behind the Library
This is what he is looking for: a copy of Damage's second album or 1-5ive Posse's first album? If you can find one hit him up DJPowerLord
Goldie Da Don or Goldie Mack On RUclips
@@dreado89 I like it. Thanks for letting me know.
Wow...I can t believe this was the first housing built in America for blacks. They look more like little apartment buildings. The housing in atlanta is made so funny.
They were built for white people not black
Techwood was built for whites and University Homes which no longer exists, next to Georgia Tech, was built for black families at the same time.
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!
Shit look like Candyman
@snugly195 Explain to me how Techwood's construction defines it being the deadliest...? The "violent" crime in the apartment complex was 69x's the national average. We are not talking about fires killing people and poor infrastructure are we? Do you even know what you are talking about? I probably know more about Cabrini Green than you...and it's only foolish for you to say Cabrini Green was bigger than Robert Taylor- that's how I know you're an idiot.
If you aint from da woody get the fk out da hoodie
Realy doe posse.
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