Bankhead Courts

Bankhead Courts
Public housing
Bankhead Courts in 2007
Bankhead Courts
Bankhead Courts
Coordinates: 33°47′34″N 84°30′8″W / 33.79278°N 84.50222°W / 33.79278; -84.50222Coordinates: 33°47′34″N 84°30′8″W / 33.79278°N 84.50222°W / 33.79278; -84.50222
Country United States
State Georgia
County Fulton
Elevation 774 ft (236 m)
GNIS feature ID 1705132[1]

Bankhead Courts was a public housing complex located in Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was demolished in 2011,[2] with the ultimate plan of redevelopment into a mixed-income community, although as of 2015 development has not yet occurred. Built in 1970 over a former landfill in the city's far northwest corner and is surrounded by warehouses and light industry.It was poorly built and the authority move tenants out of some apartments because of chronic sewage backups. Out of 1,700 residents, 1,025 are under 19 years old. Ninety-eight percent of the households are headed by women, and the average age of grandmothers there is 32. Ms. Hoke said records indicated that only 42 of the residents held jobs. Crime was so ferocious at the Bankhead Courts the mail carriers had to have a police escort making rounds. [3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bankhead Courts
  2. ↑ Cardinale, Matthew Charles. "Council Committee Seeks AHA Eviction, Relocation Data". Atlanta Progressive News. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ↑ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/12/14/Postman-resumes-rounds-in-crime-plagued-area/6874598078800/
  4. ↑ https://www.apnews.com/de31ffb66a5c1d0be7b91dcf74c6f106
  5. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-15/news/mn-537_1_police-escort
  6. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/03/us/atlanta-journal-loss-of-mail-jolts-tenants-into-action.html
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