MAKING MILL HILL, BRICK BY BRICK

Filmmaker: Ryan Konarska

11 minutes

The crown jewel of Trenton was once a neighborhood in decline—until Mayor Holland and his family moved to 138 Mercer Street in 1964. The move caught the attention of the nation and engendered fierce reactions among the area’s white, Black, and Puerto Rican residents. Residents from different points in the community’s history speak of their vision of the neighborhood, rooted in the architecture of its past, building the Mill Hill of the present, and looking to its future.  Mayor Holland’s move fueled a discourse about who truly belongs in Mill Hill—and to whom Mill Hill truly belongs—that continues to this day.