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Excellent facilities......Must be nice to have an abundance of land. Should make JSU and ASU battle for supremacy in the east division.
 
mhurd97 said:
Excellent facilities......Must be nice to have an abundance of land. Should make JSU and ASU battle for supremacy in the east division.
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Bama State has always been landlocked. The board was just real aggresive about acquiring property surrounding the University. Most of the property that is being used for the stadiums and other surrounding buildings on that side of the campus was probably purchased within the last 15-20 years.
 
You're not lying there's a whole neighborhood missing from that side of campus. My homeboy used to stay where the education building parking lot is. Best house ever lol.
 
The university purchased the land across Hall street to Forest Ave / Pineleaf St. years ago. The business district and Forest Ave elementary school will not be touched anytime soon. They have gone about as far east as the city will allow in that direction. I think the land that they have will take them through the 2020 vision. Beyond that the land north to I-85 will probably be the next push, but I don't see that in my lifetime. There is also property owned by ASU (Tennis Center Area) along Decatur Street going south.
 
I wonder what ever happened to buying the land that patterson court is built on and constructing hotel.
 



trumpet1 said:
Exactly! The campus would look great if we get patterson court.
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A proposal is before the U.S. Dept of Housing on Paterson Court. BTW, this was the first public housing facility in the country. Mrs Roosevelt came to dedication of the historic facility.
 
J C said:
BTW, this was the first public housing facility in the country.
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That's news to me, because for years, folks here in Atl have said that Techwood Homes was the first housing project in the country.

but either way, it's amazing to see the growth of Alabama State University.
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Techwood Homes is the first public housing in the United States
mighty hornet said:
That's news to me, because for years, folks here in Atl have said that Techwood Homes was the first housing project in the country.

but either way, it's amazing to see the growth of Alabama State University.
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Not true. Techwood homes was the first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techwood_Homes

Techwood Homes was the first public housing project in the United States, opened just before the First Houses. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, it replaced a shantytown known as Tanyard Bottom or Tech Flats. It was completed on August 15, 1936,[2] but was dedicated on November 29 of the previous year by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The apartments included bathtubs and electric ranges in each unit, 189 of which had garages.[3] Central laundry facilities, a kindergarten and a library were also provided. Techwood was intended to eliminate the slums that the poor had been living in, but eventually became one itself.
J C said:
A proposal is before the U.S. Dept of Housing on Paterson Court. BTW, this was the first public housing facility in the country. Mrs Roosevelt came to dedication of the historic facility.
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I am impressed and am coming to the Turkey Day with my boy who had a house on Hall St when he went there. (ooooo stingettes practicing out the back door). I think I am glad I did not go there. DCG had my mind twisted back then anyway.
 
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