(Picture taken by Joe Hughes on December 19, 1997)
"In September, the Charlottesville City Council agreed to give
$178,000 to the Piedmont Housing Alliance to restore two houses and demolish
and replace two others in the neighborhood. The Piedmont Housing Alliance
plans to raise about $250,000 to cover construction costs" (Kimberly
O'Brien, The Daily Progress, December 20, 1997).
"The Starr Hill neighborhood's revitalization (began) with a bang
Friday morning as bull dozers tore into the side of a house on Sixth Street,
ripping down a dilapidated, sagging structure to make way for a new, sound
one. The demolition of the house at 212 Sixth
Street and another at 205 Fifth Street Northwest in the historic Charlottesville
neighborhood near West Main Street also marks the first phase of a project
aimed at increasing middle-class homeownership in the city" (Kimberly
O'Brien, The Daily Progress, December 20, 1997).
"'It's been our desire that Starr Hill be occupied by people who
respect it and its history, said Starr Hill resident
Alicia
Lugo, who bought her home on Brown Street about two years ago. 'This
is the result of a collective dream'" (Kimberly O'Brien, The Daily
Progress, December 20, 1997).
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