About This Item

  • Call NumberGEHP_0035
  • Summary(0:00) Moving to Greenpoint -- (0:54) Living in Polish immigrant neighborhood in 1989 -- (1:50) Threat of ConEd power plant on waterfront -- (2:45) Joining Greenpoint and Williamsburg Against Power Plants (GWAPP) -- (3:19) Fighting for open space and Bushwick Inlet Park -- (4:49) Kids skateboarding at “Skanky Town”(Now East River State Park) -- (5:34) Kids playing soccer at McCarren Park and Automotive High School -- (6:12) Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park initiatives (with transcription).
  • Date2018-06-13
  • Physical Description1 sound file (5 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorGiordana, Rose
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on June 13, 2018, by Acacia Thompson at the Pete McGuinness Senior Center. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectCondominiums--New York (State) ; Factories ; Rents ; Crime ; Public Transportation ; Saints ; Block parties
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Rose Giordana on 2018 June 13.