Above and Around the Brazos

ID: 2956 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Texas Collection.
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Above and Around the Brazos

After the Baylor 1A Project, Baylor continued to benefit from urban renewal in Waco. By 1977, the university had constructed a recreation center, the Baylor marina, tennis courts, a swimming pool, and campus housing on urban renewal land.

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…