About This Item

  • Call NumberGEHP_0177
  • TitleOral history interview with Superintendent Alicja Winnicki conducted on 2019 February 27.
  • Summary(00:28) Family immigrated from Poland to Greenpoint in 1987 -- (1:09) Working in Greenpoint schools -- (2:10) Terrible neighborhood smells from Newtown Creek Waste Treatment Facility -- (3:12) Litter in Greenpoint -- (4:05) Many Greenpoint students with allergies and asthma -- (5:04) Environmental sustainability emerges in Greenpoint in 2005 -- (6:43) Indoor environmental problems at PS 34 -- (8:15) Developing allergies in Greenpoint -- (10:35) Quality of life environmental issues from pollution -- (11:04) Infrastructure issues in Greenpoint -- (12:31) Improvements in city parks (with transcription).
  • Date2019-02-27
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Physical Description1 sound file (14 min.) : digital, MP3
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on February 27, 2019, by Acacia Thompson in 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.
  • SubjectPoland ; Litter (Trash) ; Exxon Mobil Corporation ; Oil Spills ; Immigrants--Polish ; Air--Pollution ; National Wildlife Federation ; Elementary schools ; Environmental education
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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