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The Neighborhood That Disappeared

(The Neighborhood That Disappeared)
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Original Title : The Neighborhood That Disappeared
Time : 95 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2014
Director : Mary Paley, John Romeo
Writer : Patrick J. Bulgaro, Mary Paley
Producer : Don Rittner
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : In 1962, one of the most massive urban renewal projects in American history removed the cultural and ethnic heart of Albany, NY. An arrangement made by first term Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and longtime Albany Mayor, Erastus Corning ...See moreIn 1962, one of the most massive urban renewal projects in American history removed the cultural and ethnic heart of Albany, NY. An arrangement made by first term Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and longtime Albany Mayor, Erastus Corning the 2nd, displaced almost eight per cent of the City's diverse population, razed more than a thousand buildings, dislodged 3,600 households, and closed 350 businesses. The South End of Albany was a polyglot of cultures and customs, and because it has disappeared, its former residents, their children and their grandchildren. can never go home again. The Neighborhood That Disappeared will tell the story of intrepid immigrants and others that were uprooted by politicians who failed to value the community that they built. See less Read more: Plot summary

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