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Application prepared and submitted by the Housing Authority of the City of Houston's Planning and Development Department to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, and other printed materials from the Allen Parkway Village Task Force.

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Contains a proposal draft completed by the Resident Council to develop three paid staff positions and program funding, and an excerpt of a deposition of a former HACH (Housing Authority of the City of Houston) employee who admitted to falsifying estimated costs to justify demolishing Allen Parkway Village.

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Reports, proposals, and correspondence between the Housing Authority of the City of Houston and other stakeholders regarding the historical significance and potential demolition and development of Allen Parkway Village/San Felipe Courts. Included among the reports are the results of a test performed by Associated Testing Laboratories, Inc. for asbestos and lead content at various Allen Parkway Village units.

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Freedmen's Town Critical Issues Grant application submitted to National Trust for Historic Preservation by Barrie Scardino, president of the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance. Also includes a memo and copy of the application sent to Nia Becnel and a letter of support for the application by former Houston City Councilmember Vince Ryan.

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Diagnostic evaluation report on the 1958 and 1962 additions to the Gregory School. Includes photographic slides.

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Report prepared by Lenwood Johnson and Barry Klein. Includes correspondence, reports, and news clippings as appendices.

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Correspondence concerning Allen Parkway Village's Critical Issues Grant application, the eligibility of various units to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and its proposed demolition.

See Box 1, Folders 4-5 ("Freedmen's Town Critical Issues Grant Application and Correspondence"), for the full Critical Issues Grant application.

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"The Proposed Demolition of Allen Parkway Village - Issues and Answers," a research proposal submitted to Dr. Robert Crew, Public Administration Department, University of Houston, by Carla Baltagi, in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Master of Public Administration.

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Technical report prepared for the Housing Authority of the City of Houston by authors Robert F. Aprea, Jacquelyn A. Alford, Jeffrey S. Baloutine, and Robert D. Bullard.

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"Freedman's Town - Fourth Ward Community Development Project," College of Architecture, University of Houston (Shafik Rifaat, Design Advisor).

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National Register of Historic Places nomination form for Freedmen’s Town Historic District (Fourth Ward), prepared by Kenneth A. Breisch, National Register Department, Texas Historical Commission.

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"Proposal to Provide Surveying, Programming and Preliminary Design Services for the [Freedmen’s] Town Community Library," completed by principal investigators Nia Dorian-Becnel and Thomas M. Colbert at the Environmental Center at University of Houston's College of Architecture.

Scope and Contents Newsclippings enclosed with Houston Housing Concern materials regarding Fourth Ward and plans to demolish Allen Parkway Village. Included are the following articles:"Cheaper to keep her, Allen Parkway Village cheaper to rehabilitate than destroy, say architects," Houston Digest, pg. 5, April 23, 1984."A question of timing," Houston Post, June 2, 1984."Need some clear answers on Allen Parkway plan" (editorial), Houston Chronicle, June 5, 1984....

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Letter addressed to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by Earl Phillips, executive director at the Housing Authority of the City of Houston, including supplemental information to HACH's application to dispose of Allen Parkway Village.