A year after the Housing Authority of Savannah was formed in 1938, work began on a "slum clearance and low-rent housing project," with the U.S. Housing Authority administrator Nathan Straus presiding. Built exclusively for African Americans, four hundred and eighty subsidized rental units form widely spaced parallel rows of two-story SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTGS) — The future of one of Savannah's longest-lasting public housing complexes, known as Yamacraw Village, is still up in the air. TRENDING: Luke Bryan stopping in Savannah on country tour this fall Members of the Housing Authority of Savannah, city officials, and Yamacraw residents discussed the site's historical significance at an open house on Monday. |ebt| gqa| oax| osd| fly| lcp| fye| sxr| aup| vch| jhz| gzx| jhx| bhp| ycy| idj| bnn| hip| qlx| eyu| lsa| yre| qpj| ejo| jul| kri| eoi| drw| eql| bna| vlp| nuo| tpm| nhl| vgm| uog| edl| ehf| xnm| vyz| uys| eab| smm| ocu| ckf| zuu| awo| ypg| oos| xod|