Summary(00:30) Bringing Broadway Stage to Greenpoint -- (1:28) Bad smells from Newtown Creek Waste Treatment Facility -- (3:08) New Newtown Creek Waste Treatment Facility greatly improved bad smells -- (4:44) Illegal dumping in industrial zones -- (5:10) Buying a building from Mobil Exxon and getting help with remediation -- (6:55) Remediation process -- (7:48) Problems with new industrial properties -- (Asphalt) (9:25) Poor air quality in Greenpoint -- (10:25) Building Kingsland Wildflower and giving back to the community -- (11:36) Using solar panels at Broadway Stages -- (12:16) Helping North Brooklyn Boat Club -- (13:12) Current environmental issues in Greenpoint.
NoteAudio interview conducted on January 17, 2019, by Acacia Thompson on Kingsland Avenue in Greenpoint, 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.
SubjectGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.) ; ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemical (Firm) ; Environmental issues ; Brownfields ; Pollution--Health aspects--United States ; Urban pollution
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TitleOral history interview with Tony Argento conducted on 2018 December 14.