*This is a free Adult School class. Click on the ticketing link to register.
In the 1950s, New York City leaders decided to demolish the San Juan Hill neighborhood – a lively mixed-race community that had long been considered a “slum”—in order to make way for the construction of the Lincoln Center complex. Of the 7,000 households displaced by the development, about 20% were Puerto Rican. .
This talk will provide political and social context for this important moment in New York’s redevelopment in the mid-20th century, and will also highlight the ways Puerto Rican New Yorkers responded to the failures of city leaders to provide equitable support to the struggling migrant community.
Mon, Oct 28 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Oct 29 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Oct 30 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Oct 31 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Fri, Nov 01 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Nov 02 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Nov 03 | 1:00PM to 6:00PM |
50 South Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
Tel: 973-744-0500
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Montclair, NJ 07043
Tel: 973-744-0500 ext. 2283
Email: reference@montclairlibrary.org