Liberty Square | |
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General information | |
Location | Liberty City, Miami |
Coordinates | 25°50′10″N 80°13′12″W / 25.83611°N 80.22000°W |
Status | Open |
Construction | |
Constructed | 1934–37 |
Other information | |
Governing body | Miami-Dade Public Housing Agency |
Liberty Square, often referred to as the Pork & Beans, is a 753-unit Miami-Dade public housing apartment complex in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It is bordered at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard/North 62nd Street to the south, North 67th Street to the north, State Road 933 (Northwest 12th Avenue) to the east, and Northwest 15th Avenue to the west. Constructed as a part of the New Deal by the Public Works Administration and opening in 1937, it was the first public housing project for African Americans in the Southern United States.[1][2] It is featured in the 2023 documentary film, Razing Liberty Square.[3]