Englewood Makes History

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  • An advertisement booklet describing the Brownstones at Englewood South.
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  • The Project Area Committee (PAC) was a committee of members elected from urban renewal areas and worked with the Englewood Redevelopment Agency to communicate and negotiate between residents and the agency.
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  • Julius F. Smith was a prominent Black civic leader, businessman, and political activist in Englewood, New Jersey, whose influence during the late 1960s and 1970s extended across civil rights advocacy, urban renewal debates, policing reform, and municipal politics. Smith owned…
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  • The Englewood Redevelopment Agency was an organization that planned an urban renewal program for the fourth ward. This included a rehabilitation program for residential properties and the construction of industrial buildings. One of their projects was the Humphery-William Street…
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  • The Landlord-Tenant Relations Board was created in 1972 by the City Council to mediate between city tenants and landlords.
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  • Englewood Tenants Association was developed in the late 1960s. The president was John Carter. This organization was a gathering of tenants who called for action due to poor housing conditions including a lack of sanitation, inadequate utilities, and high rent prices.
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  • In April 1970 the tenants of the apartment building on 240 Pindle Avenue refused to pay rent due to poor living conditions in their units. While they were forced to pay April's rent, they continued with their strike. Their fight lasted until October when the landlords, William…
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  • A newspaper covers the foundation and purpose of the Landlord-Tenant Relations Board.
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  • Janet Upjohn Stearns was a philanthropist and civic leader. Stearns moved to Englewood in the mid-1960s. She served on the Englewood Hospital board beginning in 1968. She was the first vice president of the Englewood Community Chest. She was a director of the Northern Valley…
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