Born: July 4, 1922
Occupation: Relocation officer for Lawrence Community Development Dept. Urban Renewal Program in Lawrence. Mr. DeFillippo worked for Community Development from 1966 - 1980. Also, he worked for the Lawrence Housing Authority until 2986.
Ethnic Background: Italian
Interviewer: Henry Young
Summary: Urban Renewal is the focus of this tape. He describes treatment of businesses, treatment of displaced persons, relocations to Burke Hospital, number of people displaced, opposition to program, design for Essex St., change in business district, reason downtown has declined, theater row judgments, photos of buildings saved then lost.
Also see tape #56 (10/18/79)
Also see our extensive Urban Renewal Project Collection and its accompanying photos.
Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://lawrencehistory.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.135-defillippo.mp3
Date (created)
1994-02-03