- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Atlanta Public Housing
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1904/1970
- Subject:
- Housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Streets--Georgia--Atlanta
Aerial photographs
Aerial views
Atlanta Housing Authority
Georgia Institute of Technology. Grant Field
Georgia Institute of Technology. Bobby Dodd Stadium
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Aerial view looking west towards Techwood Homes in 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. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.210.01
ahc082210001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1640
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
