What was opened just before the First Houses located in Atlanta, Georgia, that replaced a shantytown just south of Georgia Tech along Techwood Drive as America's first what?
Techwood Homes Techwood Homes was the first public housing project in the United States, opened just before the First Houses. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, it replaced a shantytown known as Tanyard Bottom or Tech Flats. It was completed on August 15, 1936, but was dedicated on November 29 of the previous year by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The apartments included bathtubs and electric ranges in each unit, 189 of which had garages. Central laundry facilities, a kindergarten and a library were also provided. Techwood was intended to eliminate the slums that the poor had been living in, but eventually became one itself.
Fulton County, Georgia Fulton County is a county in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2016 estimates, the population was 1,023,336, making it Georgia's most populous county and the state's only county with over 1 million inhabitants. Its county seat is Atlanta, the state capital since 1868. Ninety percent of the City of Atlanta is within Fulton County (the other 10% lies within DeKalb County). Fulton County is the principal county of the Atlanta metropolitan area.