Box 21, Folder 43, Document 14

Box 21, Folder 43, Document 14

Mas. Henry Hall Ware, ge.
404 Blackland Road N. W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30305

July 14, 1967

The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Sir,
Thank you for your reply to my letter of July
ninth. I appreciate your offer to have your Building
Inspector look at the property described below, but I
can tell you exactly what he will find -- three dere-
lict old duplex dwellings, all empty except one unit
gccupied by Willie Brooks at number 264, who has flo-

wers and vegetables growing in his yard.

The property recorded as 254- 256, 258- 260,
and 264-266 Clifton Place N.E. was originally owned
by my grandmother, willed to an aunt, and subsequently
came into my possession in late 1966, after having been
administered by a bank since June of 1962. During the
bank's administration The Housing Authority indicated
that area was to be condemned, so the bank made no re-
pairs, and the tenants moved off. When the property
came into my hands it had become a slum.

I would like to rebuild, but I do not know
what is my status. Do I own the property, or does The
Housing Authority? And if The Housing Authority has
jurisdiction over it, why cannot that agency pay the
taxes ?

Eagerly awaiting an answer, I am
Very truly yours,

Ried ante e Lt) ate.

Mrs. Henry H, Ware Jr.