Title
Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Ceremonial Designation
Honoree: Ortenza Calandra
Date(s): Saturday, May 13, 2017
Official Street Name(s): Intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and First Avenue
Ceremonial Intersection Name: Ortenza Calandra Plaza
Sponsor: Council Member, Anibal Ramos, Jr.
Additional Information:
Signage to be located on the South East corner of Bloomfield Avenue where the Bakery is located.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PSF-e adopted on May 20, 2015, authorizes the designation of an intersection, etc. for honorary and ceremonial purposes; and
WHEREAS, Ortenza Calandra emigrated to the United States from Calabria, Italy at the age of seventeen (17) years old in 1937, where she lived with her family in Belleville, New Jersey, not far from 204 First Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. After meeting her future husband, Luciano Calandra, they planned their future and opened Calandra’s Bakery in 1962 in Newark, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, through many years of hard work and dedication, Calandra’s Bakery has become a North Ward icon and one of the most recognizable family-owned bakeries in the State of New Jersey.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council does hereby authorize the honorary and ceremonial renaming of the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and First Avenue as Ortenza Calandra Plaza.
2. The official name of the said streets shall remain Bloomfield Avenue and First Avenue in its entirety.
STATEMENT
This resolution hereby authorizes the naming of the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and First Avenue as Ortenza Calanda Plaza, for honorary and ceremonial purposes.