Floor plan for McDaniel Dormitory, Techwood Homes

ID: 308 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C; Care of Wikimedia Commons ~ Creator: Public Works Administration, Housing Division ~ Date: 1935
This file appears in: Techwood Homes Dedication
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Built by the Public Works Administration (PWA) Techwood dormitory was the first building to be completed after the conclusion of slum clearance in the Flats district. It was always intended for use by Georgia Tech students, and the first students moved into the building in September 1935.

This file appears in: Techwood Homes Dedication

By Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“Within sight of you today stands a tribute to useful work under government supervision–the first slum clearance and low-rent housing project. Here, at the request of the citizens of Atlanta, we have cleared out nine square blocks of antiquated,…