Thomas Sadler can recall the day bulldozers tore down his childhood home in 1970—one of many razed to make way for I-77. He was 22 years old at the time.
Now 77 and affectionately known in his family and community as “Pop” today, he still lives in what remains of the Greenville neighborhood with his wife, Marie.
Thomas said stores, homes, and apartments weren’t the only things lost in the name of urban renewal; close relationships and a sense of community were also destroyed…