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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0001-accs
  • Summary(0:34) Growing up in Fort Greene -- (02:12) Community decline -- (05:35) Residents priced out -- (06:54) Doubts about new development and future impacts -- (09:13) Vision for a new Brooklyn -- (10:57) Gentrification past and present, a vicious cycle -- (12:40) Advice to politicians and people moving to Brooklyn.
  • Date2016-06-09
  • Physical Description1 sound file (15 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorYvonne, Ketriana
  • 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 9, 2016, by Robert Gibbons at 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.
  • SubjectPublic schools--New York (State)--New York ; Gentrification ; Shrinking cities ; Urban renewal
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Ketriana Yvonne conducted on 2016 June 09.