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Miracle on 42nd Street is a one-hour documentary about the untold history and impact of the Manhattan Plaza apartment complex in New York City. Starting with the background of the blighted Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood and the building’s initial commercial failure in the mid-1970s, the story recounts how – in a moment of bold inspiration or maybe desperation – the buildings were “re-purposed” as subsidized housing for people who worked in the performing arts, becoming one of the first intentional, government supported, affordable housing for artist residences.
The social experiment was a resounding success in the lives of the tenants, and it led the way in the transformation of the midtown neighborhood, the Broadway theater district and local economy. The film makes a compelling case for the economic value of the arts and artists in America. The success of Manhattan Plaza has become a role model for similar experiments, which the film features, around the country, in places like Ajo, Arizona, Providence, Rhode Island and Rahway, New Jersey.
Original Release
11/28/2018
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Larry David | Self |
Giancarlo Esposito | Self |
Donald Faison | Self |
Terrence Howard | Self |
Samuel L. Jackson | Self |
Alicia Keys | Self |
Kenny Kramer | Self |
Angela Lansbury | Self |
Estelle Parsons | Self |
James Vallely | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Larry David | Self |
Giancarlo Esposito | Self |
Donald Faison | Self |
Terrence Howard | Self |
Samuel L. Jackson | Self |
Alicia Keys | Self |
Kenny Kramer | Self |
Angela Lansbury | Self |
Estelle Parsons | Self |
James Vallely | Self |
Tannis Vallely | Self |
Peter Wise | Self |
Chazz Palminteri | Narrator |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ken Aguado | Executive Producer |
Alice Elliott | Producer |
Cindy Bond | Producer |
Jules Howe | Producer |
Stu Lisson | Producer |
Erika Lockridge | Producer |
Sheila Maniar | Producer |
Nancy M. Perkins | Producer |
Mary Jo Slater | Producer |
Eric Small | Producer |
Joanne Storkan | Producer |
Lisa Shreve | Producer |
Cindy Cowan | Producer |