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Beav er Brook Apartments Vacant as Neighborhood Declines
Kristopher Williams watches from his Dowd Street porch as Gastonia’s Beaver Brook Apartments show neglect with over a third of 126 units vacant. Boarded windows, open entryways, and trash on unswept floors mar a once livable neighborhood edge. Local residents recall periods of improvement followed by renewed deterioration.
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Kristopher Williams
Dowd Street
Gastonia
Beaver Brook