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Coldspring Newtown oral history collection

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Identifier: OH CN
Abstract The Coldspring Newtown project was a housing development in Baltimore in the 1970s. Spearheaded by renowned Architect Moshi Safdie, the complex was considered an engineering marvel for its time. This collection contains video interviews with nine individuals associated with the project, circa 1979. At the time the interviews took place, there were roughly 150 families that were moved into the Coldspring Newtown community, with an estimated 4,000 soon to come. However, due to different...
Dates: 1979 May 15- September 17

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