The families displaced by urban renewal could have moved out to some of the housing projects built before the War—Bradley Court, Stephen Crane Village, the Seth Boyden Homes—had they not been reserved for whites. Instead, they had to wait for the construction of Christopher Columbus Homes, Stella Wright Homes, Scudder Homes, and Hayes Homes. The buildings were larger than the white-only projects, high-rises instead of two-to-four-story complexes. They boasted heat, indoor plumbing, and fire-resistant construction. It didn’t take but a few years, however, for folks to realize they were not much
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