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A sense-of-the-Board resolution calling for a vanity street sign to be installed on Bank Street to be named Galdino Velasco Way to recognize Galdino Velasco's contributions to the Latino community in Stamford.

Recording of interview with Galdino Velasco at the Atlantic Apartments on Bank Street in Stamford, Connecticut. He talks about immigrating to the United States from Mexico and the various jobs that he worked in Stamford before opening his restaurant,…

Photo of award recipients at the Latino Foundation of Stamford's 11th Annual Generation of Pioneers Awards Banquet.
From left to right:
Jenny Reynoso, Eduardo Balbuena, Alda Rojas, Sergio Ramos, Emily Rojas, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Lupe Ramos,…

Portrait of Galdino Velasco with his wife, Juana Velasco.

Galdino Velasco with the 2015 Land of Opportunity Award. The Land of Opportunity Award recognizes a local resident who immigrated to the greater Stamford area and whose accomplishments embody the realization of the American Dream, through their own…

The Puerto Rican Association of Stamford, Connecticut meeting at the Stark School in 1957

Galdino Velasco with two other men holding sombreros and pointing at the street sign for Galdino Velasco Way on Bank Street in Stamford, Connecticut

Galdino Velasco dancing with his wife, at a Bonito Karaoke event at Tacos Guadalajara in Stamford, Connecticut.

Galdino Velaso with his family at his restaurant, Tacos Guadalajara in Stamford, Connecticut.