On the subject of urban renewal … proprosed widening of broad street, 1924

While transcribing cleaned up Whitman Bailey list items to the website, I came across this early piece about urban renewal planning;  though hardly anyone will recognize the scene from the sketch today.

Part of Broad Street Where Proposed Widening Would Begin

Complete Newspaper Clipping of February 23, 1924 (PDF)

The church in the background is the Stamford Baptist Church which stood at the corner of Broad and Atlantic Streets, now the site of the Landmark Building.

Look out for our November Photo Selection of the Month, which will have the Stamford Baptist Church as subject.

We add the usual warning: "At times, the accompanying vignettes are mostly folklore passed on to Mr. Bailey by residents of the areas where he was sketching.  In those instances he had no way of determining the truth of the story.  Nor have we.  It is presented as a sidelight to the sketch.  Therefore, researchers are cautioned to regard these tales as local color, interesting, thought provoking, but sometimes not entirely factual."

(Reference file Bailey 147.jpg)