Residents are finally moving back into the Tidewater Gardens area after seeing their old housing demolished. The first building to open, The Reunion at Kindred, is a senior living community for ages 55 and up.
“I thought it was a great opportunity to go from where I was at to basically everything is brand new,” said Cassandra Miller, a former Tidewater Garden’s resident who just moved into the Reunion at Kindred.
Miller moved out when her home was demolished, and now she’s back. She says the biggest different she’s noticed is the silence.
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“The planes felt like they were landing on top of the duplex that I lived on,” she said. “So it’s very quiet over here.”
When the demolition of Tidewater Gardens was announced, it caused quite a stir.
People didn’t want to move out of Downtown Norfolk, and there were claims that the project unfairly harmed the African American community.