Displaced Community
A suburban subdivision (in the shadow of the massive Baytown Refinery) which was vacated due to flooding problems. Roads and lots for 400 homes were carved out of the bushes on this 450 acre riverfront peninsula in the 1950's. Flooding from a storm surge in 1961 was the first incident which halted...
Cades Cove is the name of a town that used to be located here. In 1934, when the National Park was established, the 600 or so residents were asked to leave. Those that chose to stay, could do so until they died, after which their land and property would become part of the park. They have all since...
American Electric Power, the nation's largest electrical utility, has bought the 200 or so lots that make up the small Ohio River town of Cheshire for $20 million, and is expected to tear down the buildings after they are vacated. The company, seeking more of a buffer zone around its James Gavin...
The area of the notorious suburban community and school built on a toxic dump left by the Hooker Chemical Company, has now been largely resettled. The epicenter of the chemical contamination, however, is still toxic and visible, though it has been isolated with plastic sheeting and covered with...
The town of Times Beach was disincorporated, evacuated and bulldozed in the mid 1980's, after it was discovered that much of the towns roadways and parks were constructed with contaminated dirt. The contamination came from a pesticide plant, owned by Syntex Agribusiness, Inc., which sprinkled the...