Urban Renewal in the District of Columbia: Hearings Before Subcommittee 4 of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session, Parts 1-2 |
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Page 2267
... slums of Washington . The half - dozen or so efficiency and one- bedroom apartment constructions and conversions in area B and the recent demolition on Champlain Street in area C highlight their prob- lems . To date , approximately 40 ...
... slums of Washington . The half - dozen or so efficiency and one- bedroom apartment constructions and conversions in area B and the recent demolition on Champlain Street in area C highlight their prob- lems . To date , approximately 40 ...
Page 2294
... slums and providing decent homes for their occupants . In fact , slum clearance is no longer a primary goal , and no ... slum clearance was abandoned . The agonizingly long " execution time " involved in urban renewal raises seri- ous ...
... slums and providing decent homes for their occupants . In fact , slum clearance is no longer a primary goal , and no ... slum clearance was abandoned . The agonizingly long " execution time " involved in urban renewal raises seri- ous ...
Page 2297
... slums , improve the housing supply and renew the city of Philadelphia . " It was created by city council in 1945 under a State law , operates with city , State and Federal funds , and depends on private enterprise for completion of its ...
... slums , improve the housing supply and renew the city of Philadelphia . " It was created by city council in 1945 under a State law , operates with city , State and Federal funds , and depends on private enterprise for completion of its ...
Page 2300
... SLUMS MUSHROOM IN " JUNGLE , " DEFY PLANS TO RAZE , REBUILD ( Third article of a series by Joseph C. Goulden of the ... slum clearance on a massive scale . What happened ? An authority executive said , " We had hoped to cut a clearing ...
... SLUMS MUSHROOM IN " JUNGLE , " DEFY PLANS TO RAZE , REBUILD ( Third article of a series by Joseph C. Goulden of the ... slum clearance on a massive scale . What happened ? An authority executive said , " We had hoped to cut a clearing ...
Page 2301
... slum areas was that the total cost of redevelopment in slums was increased . " In cold retrospect , one could legitimately ask how the authority , on the basis of its own stated plans , ever hoped to solve housing problems with massive ...
... slum areas was that the total cost of redevelopment in slums was increased . " In cold retrospect , one could legitimately ask how the authority , on the basis of its own stated plans , ever hoped to solve housing problems with massive ...
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18th Street Adams-Morgan area Adams-Morgan project Adams-Morgan urban renewal apartment appraisers approved August 27 blighted block building codes bulldozer Chairman changes Citizens of Adams-Morgan Colonel ADAMS Columbia Redevelopment Land Columbia Road commercial Congress CROCKER demolition demonstration project displaced District Commissioners District of Columbia Dowdy DOYLE eligible ELLIS eminent domain families Federal GARBER going Hilton Hotel Hogate's housing code HUDDLESTON income Independent Citizens JOHN DOWDY JOSEPHSON Kalorama Citizens Association lease ment neighborhood North Philadelphia organizations parking percent President priority holders problem project area property owners proposed public hearing public housing question Redevelopment Act Redevelopment Land Agency rehabilitation relocation remodeled rent residential restaurant resurvey slum Southwest SPRINGER square foot standards statement structures subcommittee substandard survey tion Town Center units urban renewal area urban renewal plan urban renewal project Washington Washington Channel waterfront Webb & Knapp
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Page 2297 - The concept of the public welfare is broad and inclusive. The values it represents are spiritual as well as physical, aesthetic as well as monetary. It is within the power of the legislature to determine that the community should be beautiful as well as healthy, spacious as well as clean, well-balanced as well as carefully patrolled.
Page 2267 - ... the realization as soon as feasible of the goal of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family...
Page 2297 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter !— all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 2278 - Substandard housing conditions" means the conditions obtaining in connection with the existence of any dwelling, or dwellings, or housing accommodations for human beings, which because of lack of sanitary facilities, ventilation, or light, or because of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty interior arrangement, or any combination of these factors, is in the opinion of the Commissioners detrimental to the safety, health, morals, or welfare of the inhabitants of the District of Columbia.
Page 2479 - Gross project cost' shall comprise (1) the amount of the expenditures by the local public agency with respect to any and all undertakings necessary to carry out the project (including the payment of carrying charges, but not beyond the point where the project is completed), and (2) the amount of such local grants-in-aid as are furnished in forms other than cash.
Page 2403 - Renewal, the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency and the National Capital Planning Commission have agreed upon a method for making application for a Federal grant to assist in preparing a community renewal program for the District of Columbia, and are of the opinion that such application should be submitted as soon as possible, the functions, powers and duties in respect of the community renewal...
Page 2297 - The taking of one citizen's property for the purpose of improving it and selling or leasing it to another, or for the purpose of reducing unemployment, is not, in our opinion, within the scope of the powers of the federal government.
Page 2457 - ... (4) disposition of any property acquired in the urban renewal area (including sale, initial leasing or retention by the local public agency itself) at its fair value for uses in accordance with the urban renewal plan...
Page 2403 - ... programs (through the adoption, modernization, administration, and enforcement of housing, zoning, building and other local laws, codes and regulations relating to land use and adequate standards of health, sanitation, and safety for buildings, including the use and occupancy of dwellings) for (1) preventing the spread or recurrence in the community of slums and blighted areas...
Page 2403 - In entering into any contract for advances for surveys, plans, and other preliminary work for projects under this title or ' for grants pursuant to section 103 (d), the Administrator shall give consideration to the extent to which appropriate local public bodies have undertaken positive programs (through the adoption, modernization, administration, and enforcement of housing, zoning, building and other local laws, codes...