Urban Renewal Talk & Exhibit

The Ogdensburg History Museum is proud to announce an upcoming lecture and exhibit featuring renowned historian, Prof. David Hochfelder. The lecture, titled "Picturing Urban Renewal: A Digital History of New York State," will take place on November 16th at 1pm at the museum located at 206 Ford St, Ogdensburg, NY.

Prof. Hochfelder, Associate Prof and undergraduate director of the Department of History at SUNY Albany, is a highly respected scholar in the fields of U.S. history of technology, U.S. urban history, and digital scholarship. He holds a PhD from Case Western Reserve University, an MS from Northwestern University, and a BS from Northwestern University.

Along with historians Ann Pfau and Stacy Sewell, Prof. Hochfelder is currently working on a digital history project titled "Picturing Urban Renewal." The project, which has received two planning grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, focuses on the history of urban renewal in New…