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'''Marks Village''' is a public housing project operated by the [[Housing Authority of the Birmingham District]] located at 7527 [[66th Street South]] in the [[Gate City]] neighborhood of the [[East Lake community]]. | '''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 Marks|Charles Pollard Marks]]. | ||
The project | The project was constructed in [[1951]]-[[1952|52]] under the auspices of the United States Housing Act of [[1949]]. Marks Village, named for businessman [[Cha was built for white families while the concurrent [[Loveman Village]] in [[Titusville]] was developed for African Americans. Marks Village currently has about 500 units. It is managed by [[Windham Summerville]]. | ||
Early on [[December 17]], [[2013]] an apparent gas explosion damaged two buildings in the complex, with one fatality and 11 others injured. | |||
==References== | |||
* {{Scribner-2002}} | |||
* {{Connerly-2005}} | |||
* Underwood, Madison (December 17, 2013) "Explosion at Birmingham apartment complex kills one, sends 8 to hospital." {{BN}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.habd.org/ Housing Authority of the Birmingham District official website] | * [http://www.habd.org/ Housing Authority of the Birmingham District official website] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1952 establishments]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1952 buildings]] | ||
[[Category:HABD communities]] | [[Category:HABD communities]] | ||
[[Category:Gate City]] | [[Category:Gate City]] | ||
[[Category:66th Street South]] | [[Category:66th Street South]] | ||
Revision as of 11:18, 17 December 2013
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, named for businessman [[Cha was built for white families while the concurrent Loveman Village in Titusville was developed for African Americans. Marks Village currently has about 500 units. It is managed by Windham Summerville.
Early on December 17, 2013 an apparent gas explosion damaged two buildings in the complex, with one fatality and 11 others injured.
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