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Erasing Spaces & Faces:

The Legacy of "Urban Renewal" in Saratoga Springs


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.

Meet the Artists


MARCUS KWAME ANDERSON
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JEN WOJTOWICZ
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Project Team


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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