Urban renewal

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Photographs show the exterior of the Temperance House . Several are illustrations from a publication and are duplicates. The building was built in 1901, the name changed in 1950, and it was torn down as a part of urban renewal in 1972

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Photographs showing the exteriors of unidentified houses in various weather including heavy snow.

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Photographs of houses on identified streets in Niagara Falls. Photographs of houses demolished during Urban Renewal Projects are also present. The folder includes some document text description of photographs

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Reports by the Housing Committee, Housing Council of the Niagara Frontier about housing, Community Renewal Program, and housing plans

Scope and Contents Materials related to housing developments in Niagara Falls including a brochure by the New York State Urban Development Corporation, a progress report from the Niagara Frontier Housing Development Corporation, an inquiry about a rental apartment in Niagara Falls, a report of the United States Housing Corporation from 1920, newsletters from the Niagara Falls Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. and a newspaper scrapbook of news clippings related to housing in Niagara Falls from 1941 to 1957...

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Maps, plot maps, land surveys from the Niagara Falls region. Includes oversized materials. Includes oversized materials.

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Meeting minutes related to the Rainbow Center Development Corporation

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Photographs and newspaper clippings showing Robert Moses, chairman of New York Power Authority Ribbon Cutting (7/30/1964) of Robert Moses State Parkway, Honorary Fine Arts Degree from Niagara University (6/11/1961).

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings.

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City Planning Maps, Ward Maps, Master Plan Maps, Niagara Falls Redevelopment Corporation Map, Power City of the World Map. Includes oversized materials.