Summary(0:25) Community activist story -- (2:20) Williamsburg/Greenpoint Organized for and Open Process (WOOP) working for transparency in city planning -- (4:11) Mayor Giuliani wanted to build waste transfer station where is currently East River State Park -- (7:00) Waterfront issues bringing community together -- (12:20) Creating separate working groups to get individual neighborhood needs met for 197-a plan -- (16:50) Changing demographic of neighborhood and loss -- (19:02) Effects of gentrification -- (24:15) Activism has always been a part of the area. Also see oral history catalog # GEHP_0115.
NoteAudio interview conducted on May 25, 2019, by Acacia Thompson on Box 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.
SubjectCommunity Board 1 (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Waterfronts ; Charrettes ; Zoning ; Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.) ; Superfund sites ; Gentrification ; Activists ; Incinerators
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TitleOral history interview with Julie Lawrence conducted on 25 May 2019.