Plan for the Property

ID: 2942 ~ Source: Corwin, Henry Lloyd ‘Hank’. Interviewed by Thomas Lee Charlton and Rebecca Sharpless Jimenez, April 19, 1982, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.

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Urban renewal director Hank Corwin highlights the City of Waco’s partnership with Baylor University on the Baylor 1A Project. Together, they planned to clear out property to allow for the construction of housing for Baylor faculty.

This file appears in: Urban Renewal

Urban Renewal

By Allie Roberts

Urban renewal programs swept across the United States in the mid-twentieth century. Funded by the federal government, cities throughout the country sought to improve local architecture and expand residential areas by purchasing and decimating…