Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal - Trailer

The film chronicles the destruction of the downtown waterfront district in Kingston, New York, by a federally funded urban renewal project in the late 1960s. Interviews with former residents, historians and urban renewal experts bring the destroyed neighborhood back to life and illustrate urban renewal’s problematic legacy.
Film premieres fall 2015
A Film by Stephen Blauweiss & Lynn Woods

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I was a teenager in the 70s. I remember how the Rondout looked growing up. It was a big blight made by Nelson Rockefeller and the politicians at the time. Now, it's NYC's hold on the City/Ulster County that has been making the worse decisions reflecting back to the 1960s.

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