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Article: CHANGE HAS COME SLOWLY TO QUEEN CITY FOR YEARS, THE ENCLAVE LACKED SO MANY BASIC SERVICES THAT MOST PEOPLE FORGOT IT WAS THERE.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 15, 1996
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Byline: TOM HOLDEN, STAFF WRITER
Tucked away in the corner of the city lies a neighborhood so little known that it often does not appear on city maps.
Its homes are modest affairs, usually single-story bungalows that hug the four narrow streets that comprise Queen City's roadways.
Some homes are only relics, having been abandoned to rot by people who took with them the small personal histories that helped shape this small black neighborhood straddling the Virginia Beach and Chesapeake city lines.
But other homes are neatly cared for and show a devotion that is partially tied to the community's status as a target neighborhood.
Twenty years ago, the city ...