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Marks Village's community garden was first created around [[2006]]. In [[2016]] it was restored and replanted with volunteers from the community and the [[Nature Conservancy of Alabama]]. | Marks Village's community garden was first created around [[2006]]. In [[2016]] it was restored and replanted with volunteers from the community and the [[Nature Conservancy of Alabama]]. | ||
In March [[2017]] HABD director [[Marcus Lundy]] announced plans to close off all but a few of the street entrances into the complex as part of a multi-part plan to reduce violent crime. Other new policies include maintaining a list of approved visitors and adding a public safety director to coordinate with neighborhood residents serving as a community watch. | |||
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* Bryant, Joseph D. (June 16, 2014) "Rebuilding after the blast: Birmingham Housing Authority taps firm to design apartment building to replace homes decimated in deadly explosion." {{BN}} | * Bryant, Joseph D. (June 16, 2014) "Rebuilding after the blast: Birmingham Housing Authority taps firm to design apartment building to replace homes decimated in deadly explosion." {{BN}} | ||
* Pillion, Dennis (April 30, 2016) "Community garden in Birmingham's Gate City neighborhood gets a boost." {{BN}} | * Pillion, Dennis (April 30, 2016) "Community garden in Birmingham's Gate City neighborhood gets a boost." {{BN}} | ||
* Robertson, Carol (March 10, 2017) "Gates against crime: Barriers going up to keep criminals out of Birmingham's Gate City." {{BN}} | |||
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Revision as of 17:51, 10 March 2017
Charles P. Marks Village is a public housing project operated by the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) located at 7527 66th Street South on the former site of the Alabama Rolling Mills in the Gate City neighborhood of the East Lake community. It is named for real estate executive and HABD board member Charles Pollard Marks.
The project was constructed in 1951-52 under the auspices of the United States Housing Act of 1949. Marks Village was built for white families while the concurrent Loveman Village in Titusville was developed for African Americans. Marks Village opened in May 1952 and currently has about 500 units. It is managed by Windham Summerville. Cassidy Moore is president of the Marks Village Residents' Council.
Early on December 17, 2013 a gas explosion destroyed one of the buildings in the complex, with one fatality and 11 others injured. Alagasco replaced many service pipes in the vicinity following the blast. In June 2014 the HABD board approved a $23,000 contract with Aho Architects to design a replacement for the two damaged apartments. Steel City Services was hired to manage the reconstruction project.
Marks Village's community garden was first created around 2006. In 2016 it was restored and replanted with volunteers from the community and the Nature Conservancy of Alabama.
In March 2017 HABD director Marcus Lundy announced plans to close off all but a few of the street entrances into the complex as part of a multi-part plan to reduce violent crime. Other new policies include maintaining a list of approved visitors and adding a public safety director to coordinate with neighborhood residents serving as a community watch.
References
- Scribner, Christopher MacGregor (2002) Renewing Birmingham: Federal Funding and the Promise of Change, 1929-1979 Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press ISBN 9780820323282
- Connerly, Charles E. (2005) "The Most Segregated City in America": City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980. University of Virginia Press ISBN 0813923344
- Underwood, Madison (December 17, 2013) "Explosion at Birmingham apartment complex kills one, sends 8 to hospital." The Birmingham News
- Bryant, Joseph D. (June 16, 2014) "Rebuilding after the blast: Birmingham Housing Authority taps firm to design apartment building to replace homes decimated in deadly explosion." The Birmingham News
- Pillion, Dennis (April 30, 2016) "Community garden in Birmingham's Gate City neighborhood gets a boost." The Birmingham News
- Robertson, Carol (March 10, 2017) "Gates against crime: Barriers going up to keep criminals out of Birmingham's Gate City." The Birmingham News