No , I agree since I had relatives from there. Played against many EO and Orange athletes since my early CYO days . Did not say Imperiale had anything to do with Orange. Strictly Vailsburg and of that I am quite familiar with .My father grew up on South Orange Ave. played at West Side.Parkway like you said was near orange but 280 blew rite through it.
if you know anyone from that that area they’d tell you 280 was the demise of orange which was a middle class mixed neighborhood where races got along well. You don’t have to buy it but it’s a fact.
btw Imperiale had nothing to do with orange he was all north ward.