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Erasing Spaces & Faces:
A multi-year multimedia project, Erasing Spaces and Faces: The Legacy of Urban Renewal in Saratoga Springs has been documenting experiences of BIPOC and immigrant residents impacted by the city’s urban renewal projects (1961-1987) with an eye to preserving this recent history. Eighty-one percent of the city’s Black residents lived in the neighborhood covered by the city’s Project Area 1, and the impact of this urban removal cannot be understated for the individuals impacted, for the residual community, and for the ongoing disenfranchisement and diminishing of BIPOC voices within Saratoga Springs.
Julie Lewis, Project Manager
Erin Leary, Project Manager
Maelcom Thayer, Archives Assistant
Meghan Willis, Archives Assistant
David Hochfelder, Research Consultant
Diogenes Kaufman, Content Creator
Adam Walker, Videographer
Jennifer Wojtowicz, Artist
Marcus Kwame Anderson, Artist
Jennifer Ogrodowski, SSPL Librarian
Joy King, Resident and member of The Frederick Allen Elk’s Lodge
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