Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... a few mom-and-pop shops sprinkled here and there, remnants of the riots of the 1960s. The surrounding area had abandoned ... the $17 million redeveloped Progress Plaza, the nation’s oldest Black-owned shopping center; across the street from ... Temple’s Morgan Hall, a 24-story residence hall for students with a food court on the first floor. Now, ...