Summary(0:14) Moving to Red Hook -- (1:00) Moving into a larger apartment on Lorraine Street with her son and two adopted daughters -- (1:38) Moving to Colombia Street after husband passed away -- (2:09) Reasons for staying in Red Hook all these years -- (3:06) Occupying herself helping out at nursing homes and as a sunday school teacher -- (3:59) The Front and the Back -- (4:43) Raising children in Red Hook -- (5:36) Neighborhood changes -- (6:39) Being a Tenant patrol organizer -- (835) Attending community board and PSA meetings -- (9:19) Neighborhood safety -- (10:07) The children moving away -- (10:31) The importance of being independent -- (12:44) Working for New York City Housing Authority NYCHA -- (13:26) Commuting and going around by car -- (14:10) Learning not to depend on the system -- (15:11) Feeling at home in Brooklyn.
NoteAudio interview conducted on December 15th, 2015, by Lauren Fiorelli at Red Hook Library. 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.
SubjectFoster home care ; Nursing Homes ; Industrialization ; Apartment houses ; Community development ; Urban transportation ; Police ; Public welfare ; Volunteers ; Pennsylvania ; North Carolina
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TitleOral history interview with Lenora Tucker on 2015 December 15.