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Atlanta City Planning Commission

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Department of City Planning records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1268
Scope and Contents This collection contains meeting minutes from the Atlanta Department of City Planning and its boards and committees, including the Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board, Board of Zoning Adjustment, Zoning Review Board, and the Planning and Development Committee. The minutes include summaries from public hearings and executive meetings about decisions pertaining to zoning requests and discussions about city-wide redevelopment. Specifically, the Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board,...
Dates: 1920-1997, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Department of City Planning records

Subseries I: Bureau of Planning records, 1909-1979, undated

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents Bureau of Planning records document the efforts of the City of Atlanta government and Metropolitan Planning Comnmission (later named Atlanta Regional Commission) to peacefully integrate Atlanta neighborhoods in the 1950s and 1960s as African Americans sought to purchase homes in neighborhoods occupied by whites. In 1952, Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield set up the West Side Mutual Development Committee (WSMDC), a bi-racial citizens committee that worked with civic groups, real estate agents...
Dates: 1909-1979, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / ahc.CityofAtlanta, City of Atlanta Records / VI. Planning and Community Development