Burlington's Urban Renewal (1964-1968) - At What Price?
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John Varricchione gives a talk, presented by the Vermont Italian Club, on the effects of Burlington's urban renewal. In 2013 you can walk the streets of Burlington's inner city business district near Lake Champlain. It is filled with bright, efficient, tax revenue-producing entities. What was this district like in the 1960s???
John shares the some of the lives of many residences and businesses that were owned by hard-working, middle-class Italians, French, Irish and Lebanese families. Predominantly Italian, the Vermont Italian Club presently refers to this area as "Little Italy."
John shares what those houses and businesses looked like in the 1960s. Some begged for rehabilitation and destruction, but a majority of them were fine, well-kept establishments that offered proud living accommodations and business enterprises for those who lived in this section of downtown Burlington.
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