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Embedded in the hillside of the Monongahela Valley are the proud neighborhoods of Braddock and North Braddock. These communities, like many others in the valley, have suffered a severe economic drought with the loss of the steel mill employment base. These small towns with unrecognized yet significant history are working hard to make themselves good places to live. The communities are concerned about the incessant erosion of their neighborhoods. Working hand-in-hand with the community, Hanson Design Group, Ltd. developed a housing development strategy and implementation plan. Hanson Design Group and the Steve Catranel Construction Company makes up the team responsible for the plan, design and construction of the new housing.
The residents of Braddock and North Braddock decided that the most important place to begin is where the deterioration is most severe. Therefore, the corner of Jones and Baldridge will see the construction of approximately six new homes as Phase I of the project. Through the four or more phases of the project it is expected that at least 40 new homes will be built.
Also key to the development plan is the transformation of Sixth Street into a tree lined boulevard with greenspace buffering the neighborhood. This green corridor will enable the development of an attractive entrance into the neighborhood.
Planning for the first phase is nearing completion with the first phase of construction anticipated in the summer of 2005.
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Owner
Boroughs of Braddock & North Braddock
Budget
$1,500,000
Status
Master Plan Completed March 2001
Location
Braddock & North Braddock, PA
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