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[email protected] Angela Fields and the home house is “unusual” and house can remain, it’s in businessman. Over the city regardless of the esti- is in poor shape. The Aban- explained that in 1927 the rough shape,” she said. years houses developed mated value of the prop- A two-story old house on doned, Blighted and Vacant home was moved there Apparently the home dates on both sides of the former erty. Speedway Circle in East Properties Committee rec- from Gay Street. She said to 1899. racetrack. The council approved an Knoxville and the lot next ommended the action and the inside of the house is Speedway Circle is a his- The city council also final- application for $2.9 million to the home have been the request to the coun- totally gutted. toric neighborhood just ized an ordinance requir- in grant funds from the U.S. approved for condemna- cil came from the Depart- “Hopefully someone will off Martin Luther King, ing financial responsibili- Department of Housing tion or purchase by the ment of Community Devel- want to buy it,” she said, Jr., Avenue. It was creat- ty for any vehicle released and Urban Development Knoxville City Council. opment. noting that restoration of ed as a horserace track by and driven from the city’s for lead-based paint con- The properties, at 3738 Community Develop- the inside is required with Calvin Johnson, a former impoundment lot and trol.