Sandra Chestnut and Marguerite Nelson

Authors

Dana Ebrelidze
Nicole Miceli

Disciplines

History | Oral History | United States History | Urban, Community and Regional Planning | Urban Studies | Urban Studies and Planning

Abstract

Sandra Chestnut and Marguerite Nelson are friends who grew up together in the Amsterdam Housing project in the Lincoln Square Neighborhood of Manhattan. Born before the Lincoln Square Urban Renewal Project which razed many city blocks in the Lincoln Square neighborhood to construct Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Fordham's Lincoln Center campus, Chestnut and Nelson recall the neighborhood before and after Urban Renewal. In this oral history recorded by Fordham students Dana Ebralidze and Nicole Miceli, Chestnut and Nelson reflect on their childhood in the Amsterdam Housing community, the impact of Urban Renewal and how the neighborhood has changed over their lifetimes.

Recommended Citation

Ebrelidze, Dana and Miceli, Nicole, "Sandra Chestnut and Marguerite Nelson" (2023). Lincoln Square Oral History Project. 3.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/lincolnsquare/3