Urban Renewal in New York State Exhibit

Urban Renewal in New York State explores the history and legacy of Urban Renewal in New York State. Ninety communities in the state had Urban Renewal projects, and while those projects promised to revitalize downtown areas and clear out slums, the program is often remembered as a traumatic period where the most vulnerable residents were stripped of their housing and private developers were given publicly subsidized deals on land grabs.

This exhibit is a project of the Empire State Library Network. It was funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a permanent exhibit of the Central New York Library Resources Council.