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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Corrigan will take over from the Federal Government's Defense Homes Corp. two of the nation's big wartime housing developments: Fairlington, across the Potomac in Virginia, with 3,439 apartment units; McLean Gardens, on the site of the old Evalyn Walsh (Hope Diamond) McLean estate, with 1,912 units. DHC tossed a 180-apartment development in Bremerton, Wash, into the bargain. Corrigan's end of the deal: $4 million cash, the balance on a 28-year mortgage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Texas Ranger | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

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