Please register via eventbrite here for the dedication of two new Georgia Historical Markers, spearheaded by Emory University Art History professor Dr. Christina E. Crawford and hosted by Atlanta Housing, the Georgia Historical Society, and Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library. The dedications will be held on:
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
1:00 p.m. Techwood Homes dedication:
488 Centennial Olympic Park Dr NW
2:30 p.m. University Homes dedication:
660 Atlanta Student Movement Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30314
Join us in commemorating these two communities—the first federally funded public housing projects in the United States—that were home to generations of Atlantans for over 50 years. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, among others, will speak at the dedications.