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| + | The Granite Mountain neighborhood is located on the southeast edge of the city of Little Rock. | ||
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| + | The $1.3 million Granite Mountain slum clearance effort by the Little Rock Housing Authority and Urban Progress Association led to the destruction of one hundred and seventy two small homes scattered over 100 acres and occupied by black Little Rock residents. Only two of the homes had indoor plumbing. Residents instead fetched water from free-standing faucets. Sixty-nine new homes replaced the older structures. The clearance, approved on December 3, 1954, by the federal Housing and Home Finance Agency, was part of the Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project. Slum clearance was approved locally in a May 9, 1950 referendum. | ||
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| + | The executive director of the Little Rock Housing Authority at the time was Knox Banner. | ||
The battle over slum clearance was contentious. Remembered [[Raymond Rebsamen]] ten years later, "When the urban renewal was first proposed, I was one of the few business men who spoke out in its favor. And don't think we didn't have plenty of opposition. Little Rock had some knock-down, drag-out, name-calling sessions prior to the referendum and before public forums, including our former City Council." | The battle over slum clearance was contentious. Remembered [[Raymond Rebsamen]] ten years later, "When the urban renewal was first proposed, I was one of the few business men who spoke out in its favor. And don't think we didn't have plenty of opposition. Little Rock had some knock-down, drag-out, name-calling sessions prior to the referendum and before public forums, including our former City Council." | ||
Revision as of 10:23, 15 September 2008
The Slum Clearance Referendum of 1950
The Granite Mountain neighborhood is located on the southeast edge of the city of Little Rock.
The $1.3 million Granite Mountain slum clearance effort by the Little Rock Housing Authority and Urban Progress Association led to the destruction of one hundred and seventy two small homes scattered over 100 acres and occupied by black Little Rock residents. Only two of the homes had indoor plumbing. Residents instead fetched water from free-standing faucets. Sixty-nine new homes replaced the older structures. The clearance, approved on December 3, 1954, by the federal Housing and Home Finance Agency, was part of the Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project. Slum clearance was approved locally in a May 9, 1950 referendum.
The executive director of the Little Rock Housing Authority at the time was Knox Banner.
The battle over slum clearance was contentious. Remembered Raymond Rebsamen ten years later, "When the urban renewal was first proposed, I was one of the few business men who spoke out in its favor. And don't think we didn't have plenty of opposition. Little Rock had some knock-down, drag-out, name-calling sessions prior to the referendum and before public forums, including our former City Council."
References
- Raymond Rebsamen, Little Rock: Poised Poised for Progress, (Little Rock, AR: Urban Progress Association, 1960).
