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  • Call NumberGEHP_0078
  • SummaryAudio interview conducted on October 17, 2018, by Acacia Thompson on Calyer 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.
  • Date2018-10-17
  • Physical Description(0:18) Moving to Greenpoint -- (3:12) Founding the Greenpoint/Williamsburg Youth Soccer League ; (6:17) McCarren Park in bad shape and setting up soccer fields there-- (10:30) Leaving the league after 12 years -- (12:32) Passive park space vs. active park space -- (13:48) Getting involved with Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park -- (16:30) Importance of getting Bushwick Inlet Park (BIP) mapped -- (18:50) Doing flash mob to bring attention to promised park -- (22:41) Getting elected officials on their side -- (26:30) Planning city hall rally -- (33:50) Disrupting city planning presentations at community board meetings -- (36:30) Broken Promises bill helps monitor development promises -- in(41:20) Doing a camp out with elected officials to draw attention to park -- (45:40) Current state of BIP parcels -- (49:20) Wanting world class, holistic park design
  • CreatorThompson, Katherine
  • 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 October 17, 2018, by Acacia Thompson on Calyer 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.
  • SubjectGreenpoint ; Soccer ; Flash mobs ; New York (N.Y.). City Planning Commission ; Community Board 1 (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Eminent Domain ; Maloney, Carolyn ; Adams, Eric L. ; Parks ; New York (N.Y.). Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn ; American Youth Soccer Organization
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Katherine Thompson conducted on 2018 October 17.