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  • Call NumberGEHP_0001
  • Summary(00:40) Asian Longhorn Beetle in Greenpoint -- (1:33) Park Moms group -- (2:38) Park Moms core members -- (4:40) Park Moms working to get trees replaced -- (6:32) Advocating for McCarren Park, sprinkler park -- (7:14) Working with NYC Parks to design sprinkler park -- (8:50) Improvements to McCarren Park playground -- (9:22) Park Moms bringing environmental and social enrichment to community, concert series -- (11:28) Tree plantings in McCarren Park -- (13:24) Few trees in Greenpoint in 1990s -- (14:00) Doing outreach in community to get more street trees -- (15:15) Park Moms gaining notoriety from work -- (16:11) Working with GWAPP (Greenpoint Waterfront for Parks and Planning) -- (17:12) Transmitter Park design -- (19:21) Getting community input on Transmitter Park Design -- (21:28) Waterfront Access Plan Text Amendment guidelines at work -- (22:57) 2005-2007 Greenpoint Waterfront rezoning (24:01) Greenpoint/Williamsburg Waterfront Access Plan -- (26:06) Friends of Transmitter Park -- (27:28) Fig Tree in Transmitter Park -- (30:00) Developer building wall at Transmitter Park -- (31:28) Programming at Transmitter Park -- (33:40) Difficulties in getting community input into park design, Newtown Barge Park -- (40:04) Ice rink in McCarren Park -- (42:04) State of Greenpoint waterfront access and short sighted park design -- (45:10) Importance of having City Councilperson’s attention in making change -- (46:27) Advocacy at American Playground -- (48:11) City isn’t doing enough for parks, too much responsibility on residents.
  • Date2018-08-09
  • Physical Description1 sound file (49 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorNaplatarski, Katie
  • 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 August 9, 2018, by Acacia Thompson on Lorimer Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectNew York (N.Y.), Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration; McCarren Park Swimming Pool; Asian longhorned beetle ; Trees ; New York (N.Y.). Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn ; Skating rinks ; Waterfronts ; Parks ; Trees
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Katie Naplatarski 2018 August 9.