Atlanta ‘Teardown House’ brings awareness to gentrification, police brutality
Residents of the Edgewood ‘Teardown House’ said this property is designed to shed light on various social justice issues.ATLANTA — Some East Atlanta residents have come up with a creative way to speak out on various social justice issues.
They live in what they call a “Teardown House” which is a bright purple home on a busy Atlanta street where visitors are encouraged to “tag” the home with various political messages.
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Edgewood’s ‘Teardown House’ boldly protests gentrification, police brutality
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Several notable landmarks stand near the corner of Mayson Avenue and Hardee Street in the historically African-American community of Edgewood on Atlanta’s eastside, but only one of them, The Teardown House, is unmissable.