Milwaukee Housing Authority Adopts New Urbanism

The transformed Lapham Park public housing project is an example of what good design based on New Urbanist principles can do.

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August 20, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"...In the summer of 2000, the housing authority, building on its impressive makeovers of the Hillside Terrace and Parklawn projects, began demolishing all of the old red-brick bunkers and replacing them with street-hugging townhomes. Residents were temporarily relocated during construction, which was underwritten with federal grants, tax credits and conventional financing.The two- to five-bedroom homes, most of them wheelchair-accessible, include 102 targeted at lower-income families and 20 rented at market rate. It all looks like any other pleasant, middle-class neighborhood. No wonder there are 600 families on the waiting list."

Thanks to ArchNewsNow.com

FULL STORY: Residents of old Lapham Park welcome transformation

Sunday, August 18, 2002 in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Community / Economic Development Wisconsin

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