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@ Atlanta History Center

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"Corner of Decatur and Bell streets."View of a commercial section of Decatur Street and Bell Street near downtown Atlanta, Georgia that would later be cleared to build Grady Homes.street scenes; social conditions; substandard housing; public housing; horse-drawn carriage; frank cohen; house of bargains; red rock cola; coca colaGrady Homes was a public housing development built in 1942 to accommodate poor African American families. Located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, Grady Homes was demolished in 2005 and replaced with mixed-income housing.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia