The evening of Sept. 17, 10th and Page Neighborhood Association Vice President James Bryant sat in a chair in the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center auditorium, a microphone in his hand.
“I am overwrought with grief at all of this building going on around us,” he said, his voice measured but full of sadness. “Fifeville, 10th and Page and Rose Hill — our neighborhoods will never be the same again.” Bryant has lived in the 10th and Page neighborhood for 72 years and has watched it change around him.
“I am very saddened that the city has allowed this to happen by changing the zoning code. And I am going to reiterate it over and over and over again,” Bryant said…