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Opened in 1936, Techwood Homes was the first federally funded public housing project in the United States, a New Deal experiment that reshaped American cities before its 1990s demolition for the Olympics.
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Techwood Homes
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About this site
Techwood Homes is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 2022. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7685, -84.3921 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Georgia Tech Origins (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Baltimore Block, Wallace, Anne, Branch--Carnegie Library of Atlanta, and Georgia Institute of Technology.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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