Richard Allen Homes, Philadelphia public housing development

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Richard Allen Homes is a public housing development in Philadelphia named in honor of Richard Allen, the influential African American minister and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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instanceOf housing project ⓘ
public housing development ⓘ
adjacentTo Girard College area ⓘ
architecturalStyle barracks-style public housing ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1940 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demolitionDate late 1990s ⓘ
hasCommunity predominantly African American residents ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of African American resilience in Philadelphia ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic family-oriented housing ⓘ
hasHistoricalFunction wartime housing for low-income families ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod World War II era public housing expansion ⓘ
hasIssue concentrated poverty prior to redevelopment ⓘ
crime concerns prior to demolition and rebuilding ⓘ
hasLaterPolicyContext HOPE VI-style redevelopment initiatives ⓘ
hasPart low-rise apartment buildings ⓘ
rowhouse-style buildings ⓘ
hasPolicyContext federal public housing programs of the New Deal and WWII era ⓘ
hasRedevelopmentFeature improved streetscape integration ⓘ
reduced density layout ⓘ
townhouse-style units ⓘ
hasRedevelopmentGoal mixed-income community ⓘ
inception 1941 ⓘ
isSubjectOf discussions of urban renewal in North Philadelphia ⓘ
studies on public housing policy in Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedIn North Philadelphia ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
locatedInNeighborhood Poplar neighborhood ⓘ
location Philadelphia ⓘ
municipality City of Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
namedAfter Richard Allen ⓘ
namedFor Bishop Richard Allen ⓘ
namedForEthnicity African American leader ⓘ
namedForOccupation African Methodist Episcopal Church founder ⓘ
numberOfResidentialUnits over 1400 ⓘ
operatedBy Philadelphia Housing Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Philadelphia Housing Authority ⓘ
partOf public housing in Philadelphia ⓘ
primaryResidentialUse low-income housing ⓘ
redevelopmentObjective deconcentration of poverty ⓘ
improved quality of life for residents ⓘ
religiousAssociation African Methodist Episcopal Church (through namesake) ⓘ
replacedBy Richard Allen Homes (redeveloped low-rise community) ⓘ
significantEvent major redevelopment in the late 1990s and early 2000s ⓘ
socialImpact center of African American community life in North Philadelphia ⓘ
transportConnection served by SEPTA bus routes ⓘ
urbanContext inner-city Philadelphia ⓘ

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Richard Allen → hasPlaceNamedAfter → Richard Allen Homes, Philadelphia public housing development ⓘ