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Houston City Council OKs $750K to continue restoration of historic Fourth Ward library

By Emily Lincke

Houston City Council approved $750,000 more for the about $5.2 million restoration of The African American Library at the Gregory School—located at 1300 Victor St. in Houston's Fourth Ward.

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