They Tore Down Hell
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Atlanta wanted an end to its public housing projects-- no more pockets ofpoverty, crime, and despair. In the 1990s, the city started tearing the projects down,replacing them with mixed-income neighborhoods. The shining success story of thiseffort? East Lake, which turned “Little Vietnam” into a safe, beautiful community.We’ll meet the people who made it happen. When so much can go wrong, how didEast Lake get it right?
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