The Bureaucracy

ID: 2943 ~ Source: Corwin, Henry Lloyd ‘Hank’. Interviewed by Thomas Lee Charlton and Rebecca Sharpless Jimenez, April 19, 1982, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
This file appears in: Urban Renewal

Corwin reflects on the significance of Waco’s urban renewal projects to the broader state and federal urban renewal processes. While upper-level officials offered him opportunities to move, he remained dedicated to his work in Waco.

This file appears in: Urban Renewal

By Allie Roberts
Urban renewal programs swept across the United States in the mid-twentieth century. Funded by the federal government, cities throughout the country sought to improve local architecture and expand residential areas by purchasing and decimating…