Housing activists and tenants displaced from Tidewater Gardens fought for their right to return to the new housing complex. Yet as two new buildings have begun leasing, only a small number of former residents have signed leases to return.
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NORFOLK — New brick and mortar loom tall as buildings spring up along Wood Street and Church Street in the St. Paul’s neighborhood. The gleaming glass windows and untarnished brick facades are a stark contrast to Tidewater Gardens — the squat 1950s-era public housing complex that previously stood across the way, encircled in wrought iron fencing. The city began to demolish the 600-plus unit .
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