Operation Better Block

1970/1980

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Operation Better Block
  • Title
  • Operation Better Block
  • Creator
  • Paul Russell Photography
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B015.F06.I04
  • Description
  • New sidewalks are built as part of Operation Better Block’s urban renewal project. Operation Better Block, Inc. was created in 1970 as a subsidiary of the Better Block Development Corporation. The organization is headquartered in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh and its primary focus includes promoting and revitalizing the Homewood-Brushton community, developing programs that build and provide housing for lower income families, and educating the youth of the neighborhood.
  • Subject
  • Better Block Development Corporation.Operation Better Block (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Homewood (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Sidewalks--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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