I grew up in the Vill. I still can't believe it's gone.So many memories. It may have been slummish but it was home to hundreds of people. Everyone knew everyone. We had a store a daycare a rec center basketball and baseball court. It was the shit. They could have at least granted them the funds to redo the Vill to fix it up. Memories! Thanks for the Video

@kasheem1747

2 жыл бұрын

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Wow! This video brings back so many memories. It's sad to see the pictures of the vill being demolished. I have some pictures that I'll cherish now that it's gone. People think because it was a housing project that it wasn't a good place to live but let me tell you. There were so many great things about LRV. Like someone mentioned we had a store that had an arcade machine and we would go there to play Pac-man. I remember on hot days going to get a ice cream for ten cents or buying a pickle in a sandwich bag and asking for pickle juice. The daycare was right in the front. I also went there as a child. My mother, Karen, worked there for a few years. We would get free lunch from the center. The winters were the best as a child going sledding and making a ramp at the end of the hill. Playing kickball on MacArthur court. I learned how to play double dutch. I could go on and on. Living in the vill molded me into the person I am today and for that I am thankful I grew up there. Always and forever LRV!!!!!!

I grew up in the Vill too #36, and 101 Roosevelt..I also went to the day care I remember eating cinnamon raisin oatmeal with lots of butter. my mom has a whole bunch of pictures of us in that day care center. So many memories..

@dayanarasocrates1931

3 жыл бұрын

@@edenranch3176 it was my uncle Randy

@dayanarasocrates1931

3 жыл бұрын

@@edenranch3176 yes I did....my uncle Randy passed away in 2015 I don't know if you knew about it or not..

@dayanarasocrates1931

3 жыл бұрын

@@edenranch3176 Thank you..you too😊

@dayanarasocrates1931

3 жыл бұрын

@@edenranch3176 what apartment did you live in LRV (The Village) and who are you related to?...if you don't mind me asking. Are related you to the Higgins family?

32 MacAuthor Court LRV i miss my home.. Hardy Family, held fort for well over 20 years El Capitan of the Sugar Bandit's Ed Hardy

Damn memories! .....Carl Hunter ,.. Rest in peace. Lorenzo Aikens., Tyrone Speller, Trish Heart and so we many more I remember from childhood. I lived up the street and we played basketball at my parents house

My family lived at 5 McArthur Court in 62 till 64 Next door to the Moodys

Build HUD houses there and offer up to 120 grants to the families that were destroyed by the displacement of their families.

If you all are interested in this, you should all look into what happened to the Overtown area in Miami.

I believe their was a plantation in Middletown, ct not sure

I GREW UP IN THE VILLAGE FROM 1942 TO 1958. WE LIVED AT 3 ROOSEVELT DRIVE AND THEN 6 ROOSEVELT DRIVE. THE ONLY REASON IT WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED IS BECAUSE IT WAS DRUG INFESTED. THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE IN THE END HAVE NOBODY TO BLAME BUT THEM SELVES. IT WAS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE AND GROW UP. I WAS REALLY SHOCKED WHEN I CAME BACK IN 2015 TO FIND IT GONE. WHAT A SHAME. THEY DID IT TO THEMSELVES, IT WASN'T THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN OR HUD. JUST SAYING SAYING

So I noticed that the one man referred to having white and black friends in the village. Was this area comprised of both blacks and whites?