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A Block Party Without a Block: A Community Survives Long After Its Homes Are Razed

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Touch­ing story of the resilience of a com­mu­nity that faced dis­place­ment from one of the first urban renewal projects in NYC over 60 years ago.

Source: www​.thir​teen​.org
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This entry was posted in Ideas, Lifestyle and tagged housing, urban renewal, video on November 1, 2011 by City Atlas.

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