August 22, 2018
The Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority is hosting a housing and relocation meeting for people living in the Tidewater Gardens section of the St. Paul’s area.
The meeting, which is being held at The Basilica of Saint Mary’s of the Immaculate Conception, is a follow-up meeting about the St. Paul’s area Workshop series last month.
According to the NRHA, “as part of the Choice Neighborhood Implementation (CNI) grant process, architect Torti Gallas Partners will return to unveil the master plan vision which will include housing as well as commercial development for the area.” For more information visit wtkr.com.
August 16, 2018
The East Ghent redevelopment was one of various chapters from the city’s economic history, where old, blighted communities of mostly poor and Black people met the same fate of removal for redevelopment.
Today, East and West Ghent are two of the most prized neighborhoods in Norfolk.
A new chapter is unfolding as the “St. Paul’s Project.” Overwhelming poor and African American, three of the city’s largest public housing communities are targeted to be razed to make way for renewed communities and lives for its current inhabitants. For more information visit blacknewsportal.com
July 24, 2018
Norfolk City Council will get an update on the St. Paul’s project during a work session Tuesday afternoon.
Last Thursday, Torti+Gallas architects revealed new sketches to replace the Tidewater Gardens apartments ,which includes 618 public housing units, with mixed income housing. For more information visit wavy.com.
July 19, 2018
A colorful bird’s-eye-view drawing unveiled Wednesday night detailed the potential future of a redeveloped Tidewater Gardens.
The hand-drawn map showed a new school along Tidewater Drive and blocks that indicated a variety of housing, from mid-rise apartments to single-family homes.
Since Monday, architects and planners from Torti Gallas + Partners have been working on the framework for the redevelopment of Tidewater Gardens, the first phase of the St. Paul’s Quadrant redevelopment, in which roughly half of Norfolk’s public housing would be torn down. For more information visit pilotonline.com
July 18, 2018
NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) — People who live in the St. Paul’s corridor got to see architect sketches Wednesday night of what the upcoming redevelopments could look like.
This is the first time the drawings were made available for the public to see.
At a public meeting, architects and project leaders talked about what went into the sketches, and how the public’s input helped them come up with the drawings.
For more information visit 13newsnow.com
July 18, 2018
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The vision for what downtown Norfolk’s St. Paul’s area could look like became clearer Wednesday as architects revealed their latest sketches.
Architects with Torti+Gallas have been meeting with Tidewater Gardens residents all week to draft the framework for what will replace the aging 618 unit 1950’s era public housing neighborhood.
The community that sits just opposite 264 from Harbor Park is the first phase of a nearly 200-acre redevelopment. For more information visit wavy.com