TitleOral history interview with Jaime Alvarez conducted on 2016 July 29.
Summary(0:00) Blackout of 1977 -- (03:00) Neighborhood decline -- (4:10) Community neighborhood garbage cleanup -- (6:02) Community gets involved with the garden -- (7:18) Trust for Public Land -- (9:02) Growing food for community -- (12:09) Community activities -- (13:19) Pride in Bushwick -- (14:25) El Puente Williamsburg Leadership Center -- (16:00) Gentrification -- (19:18) Gardening as therapy -- (21:16) Advice for future members -- (22:09) Garden benefits children.
NoteAudio interview conducted on July 29, 2016, by Samantha Feldman at Concerned Citizens of Grove Street garden. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This interview stems from a shared partnership with Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Queens Land Trust under the name of Our Gardens, Our Stories.
SubjectElectric power failures ; Reclamation of land ; Refuse collection ; Community gardens ; Trust for Public Land (U.S.) ; Gentrification ; Gardening ; Political participation ; Youth development ; Citizens’ associations ; Community centers ; Community development-- Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) ; Community development--Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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