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Logan Fontenelle Housing Project

African-American history in Omaha, NebraskaBuildings and structures demolished in 1995Demolished buildings and structures in Omaha, NebraskaHistory of North Omaha, NebraskaPublic housing in Omaha, Nebraska
Residential buildings completed in 1938

The Logan Fontenelle Housing Project was a historic public housing site located from 20th to 24th Streets, and from Paul to Seward Streets in the historic Near North Side neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It was built in 1938 by the Public Works Administration for housing working-class families. With the loss of thousands of industrial jobs in the 1950s and 1960s, the project became filled with families on welfare. As problems increased in the 1970s and 1980s, Logan Fontenelle was referred to as "Little Vietnam" because of drug dealing and gang violence. After Logan Fontenelle residents won a 1991 civil rights lawsuit brought against the Omaha Housing Authority and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD tore down the projects in 1995 to replace them with new, lower density housing.

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Logan Fontenelle Housing Project
Franklin Street, Omaha

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68178 Omaha
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