The new museum is a remnant of its time before public housing developments turned into high-rises to help meet demand.

The Greenville Housing Authority subsidizes housing for approximately 3,000 households per month. Elderly and disabled ...

At the time, the plan included the demolition of several high-rise public housing homes. Noticing that their homes were being erased, public housing residents came together to envision a memorial.

Residents started planning the museum about 18 years ago as the nation’s third-largest city was in the midst of demolishing public housing high-rises. The ambitious and controversial improvement ...