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  • Call NumberGEHP_0072
  • Summary(0:50) Moving to Greenpoint -- (3:00) Threat of power plant to neighborhood -- (9:30) Bringing attention to power plant issue, taking 10,000 postcards to Governor Pataki, rally meeting at the Warsaw -- (14:50) Planning benefit concert to fight power plant featuring Patti Smith -- (18:20) Starting Open Space Alliance (OSA) parks conservancy and joining Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) board-- (33:50) Development in neighborhood, worrying about environmental issues -- (36:45) Issues with L-Train construction -- (43:02) Working to get barges to move food freight in NYC, air pollution from truck traffic -- (50:36) Using barges to move construction materials for development
  • Date2019-05-24
  • Physical Description1 sound file (43 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorPool, Jane
  • 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
  • Genreinterviews
  • Note(0:50) Moving to Greenpoint -- (3:00) Threat of power plant to neighborhood -- (9:30) Bringing attention to power plant issue, taking 10,000 postcards to Governor Pataki, rally meeting at the Warsaw -- (14:50) Planning benefit concert to fight power plant featuring Patti Smith -- (18:20) Starting Open Space Alliance (OSA) parks conservancy and joining Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) board-- (33:50) Development in neighborhood, worrying about environmental issues -- (36:45) Issues with L-Train construction -- (43:02) Working to get barges to move food freight in NYC, air pollution from truck traffic (50:36) Using barges to move construction materials for development
  • SubjectSewage ; Odors ; Electric power plants ; Oil spills ; Concerts ; Diesel motor exhaust gas ; Asthma ; Pataki, George E., 1945- ; TransGas ; Patti Smith Band ; Traffic density ; Air quality ; Barges ; Demonstrations
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview with Jane Pool conducted on 24 May 2019.