| Liberty Square | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Liberty_Square_Housing_1930s.jpg) Aerial view toward the southeast of the original 243-unit complex, circa 1937 | |
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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]
- ^ "Miami Pictorial Number". The Crisis. 49 (3). NAACP. 1942. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ "Liberty Square: 1933–1987 The Origins and Evolution of a Public Housing Project" (PDF). Tequesta. 48. Historical Museum of Southern Florida. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ Contreras, Joseph (January 29, 2024). "How a Black Miami neighborhood became 'ground zero for climate gentrification'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-03-30.