Techwood Homes

Techwood Homes stood at this site as a 604-unit development conceptualized by developer Charles Palmer to replace the overcrowded Tech Flats neighborhood near his properties. At the same time, Atlanta University President John Hope sought to raze the Beaver Slide neighborhood adjacent to the Atlanta University Center. Palmer and Hope separately applied for funding from the federal Public Works Administration, created to encourage economic recovery during the Great Depression. In 1933, the agency funded the construction of Techwood Homes for White Atlantans and University Homes for Black Atlantans, the nation's first federally funded housing projects. Completed in 1936 and 1937, respectively, the projects led to the creation of the Atlanta Housing Authority in 1938. Techwood Homes was integrated in 1968, provided housing for the community until its demolition in 1995 in preparation for the Centennial Olympic Games, and left only the Cupola Building remaining.

Atlanta, Georgia · United States