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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0232-accs
  • Summary(0:15) Living 66 years in Brooklyn -- (1:00) Brooklyn Day -- (1:53) A borough with vast evolvement -- (3:20) A marvel of architecture -- (3:33) Bed-stuy to Borough Hill, Park Slope and Bed Stuy -- (4:25) Growing up in Bed-Stuy in the 1960’s -- (6:41) A more closely knitted and friendlier community -- (7:39) The “mecca” of stores on Dekalb Avenue -- (8:44) Walking to the bakery -- (9:08) The restaurants -- (9:57) The movie theatres -- (10:37) Playing hooky -- (11:15) Mama and papas store -- (12:10) The sunday meal -- (13:01) Gang trouble -- (14:21) The fire hydrants in the summertime -- (15:19) Going to School -- (19:08) Experiencing chaos at P.S. 57 during the transit strike -- (21:22) The effects of bad education -- (22:32) Erasmus Hall High School -- (25:17) Co-op working and SRO apartments -- (26:34) The shopping areas and the balloon sundaes -- (27:58) The Photobooths (28:40) Horn & Hardart & the Chock Full o’Nuts restaurant -- (29:27) Moving around -- (30:29) Macy’s in the late 70’s -- (32:38) Department of Social Services -- (34:06) Brooklyn College party floor -- (34:44) Proud of Brooklyn -- (36:50) Advice for future generations -- (38:35) The Blackouts -- (39:54) 9/11 -- (43:48) Atlantic Antic -- (45:12) The bombings on Atlantic Avenue -- (45:12) The bombings around Atlantic avenue in the early 1970s -- (47:07) Watching Motown performances at the Fox Theatre -- (48:24) Albee Square, Brooklyn Tabernacle and the Kings Theatre -- (50:27) The Culture loop.
  • Date2018-06-15
  • Physical Description1 sound file (51 min.) : digital, WAV
  • CreatorScott, Denise
  • Cite AsBrooklyn 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 15, 2018, by Johan Norberg at the Central 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.
  • SubjectCultural pluralism ; Community development ; Streisand, Barbara ; Crime ; Gangs--New York (State) ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 ; Restaurants ; Stained glass windows ; Architecture ; Churches ; Food ; Stores & shops ; Federated Department Stores ; Macy's (Firm) ; Electric power failures--New York (State) ; Murray the K ; Chock Full O'Nuts ; Fox Theatre (Brooklyn, N.Y.) ; Brooklyn Tabernacle (New York, N.Y.) ; Erasmus Hall High School ; Motown Record Corporation ; Spinners (Musical group : U.S.) ; Four Tops (Musical group) ; Martha and the Vandellas (Musical group) ; Temptations (Musical group) ; Wonder, Stevie ; Brooklyn College
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Boerum Hill (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Heights (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Denise Scott on 2018 June 15.