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Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
May 25, 20181 min read
Preservation Month: Parkbelt Homes
For our last post for Preservation Month, let's take a look at Parkbelt Homes! In 1938, General Houses of Chicago built 10 experimental...
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Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
May 11, 20181 min read
Preservation Month: Greenbelt's Civic & Commercial Buildings
Let's look at the buildings of Greenbelt, Maryland's historic civic and commercial core! First up is the Community Center, completed in...
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Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
May 5, 20181 min read
Preservation Month: Greenbelt's Housing
The month of May is Historic Preservation Month! Let's talk about the types of homes in historic #Greenbelt, Maryland! The original 1937...
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Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
Feb 16, 20181 min read
African American History Month: Rossville Rural Development Homesteads
This c. 1937 Lenore Thomas Straus photograph is of African American laborers at what is now the Community Center. Her "Promote the...
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Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
Feb 9, 20181 min read
Black History Month: Aberdeen Gardens
Another African American New Deal community in the mid-Atlantic region is Aberdeen Gardens in Hampton, VA. It was originally named...
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Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
Feb 2, 20181 min read
African American History Month: Langston Terrace Dwellings
Did you know that there are African American New Deal communities in our region too? Let's learn more about the Langston Terrace...
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