Liberty Square (Miami)

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Liberty Square, often referred to as the Pork & Beans, was a 753-unit public housing project 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. It is featured in the 2023 documentary film, Razing Liberty Square.

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