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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0034-accs
  • Summary(0:15) Growing up in Bed-Stuy and playing outside -- (0:40) Neighborhood changes -- (1:10) Being priced out of the neighborhood -- (1:50) Penny candy stores -- (2:17) Amenities and family-friendly nature of neighborhood -- (2:32) Attending school outside of Bed-Stuy -- (3:05) Families moving out of state in the 1980s and 1990s because of the bad reputation of the neighborhood -- (3:30) "Bed-Stuy do or die" and street culture -- (3:55) Block parties and strong sense of community growing up -- (4:40) Getting books from the library while sick with chicken pox -- (5:20) Love for Brooklyn Public Library -- (5:42) Being surrounded by generations of family in Brooklyn -- (6:02) Moving to a house from an apartment at age 5 -- (6:23) New apartment complexes decreasing the charm of the neighborhood -- (6:52) Neighborhood gardens -- (7:16) Children’s games -- (7:55) Taking the bus to school -- (8:24) Changing storefronts downtown -- (9:23) Thursday late nights downtown -- (9:51) Market day on DeKalb Avenue or Knickerbocker Avenue -- (10:52) Roasting a pig on block party day -- (11:20) Throwing water balloons at people on the street -- (11:35) Learning to swim at age 50 at the YMCA -- (12:30) Love of brownstones -- (13:20) Mixed feelings about gentrification -- (14:16) Keeping houses within families -- (14:35) Cyclical nature of gentrification and changing demographics.
  • Date2016-06-13
  • Physical Description1 sound file (16 min.): digital, MP3
  • CreatorSamuel, Stephanie
  • 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 13, 2016, by Taina Evans at Quincy Senior Residences. 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.
  • SubjectCommunity development ; Stores & shops ; Markets ; Swimming ; Gentrification ; Housing ; Community gardens ; Brooklyn Public Library ; Families ; Block parties ; Chicken pox
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
  • LocationDistorted audio
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Stephanie Samuel on 2016 June 13.