Events
WILLIAMSBURG – The room is packed. People are squeezing past one another for the few empty seats in the middle of the audience. A bright, fluorescent sign with the words “On Air” hangs from the ceiling, adding an extra bit of gleam to the stage where the live audio programming and
history
Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Public LibraryIn our rapidly changing borough, it is more important that ever to preserve and document the stories of the people who call Brooklyn home. The Brooklyn Public Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/] (BPL) has been doing just that through their Our Streets, Our Stories initiative
history
Street games in old Brooklyn. (Image via Brooklyn Historical Society.)In this rapidly changing Brooklyn we live in, it is more important than ever to record and document our own personal and familial oral histories, as much for us as for the neighborhoods we love and call home — sometimes for
fort greene
Street games in old Brooklyn. (Image via Brooklyn Historical Society.)In this rapidly changing Brooklyn we live in, it is more important than ever to record and document our own personal and familial oral histories, as much for us as for the neighborhoods we love and call home — sometimes for
community
Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Public LibraryOur Streets, Our Stories [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/brooklyn-collection/our-streets-our-stories-c] wants to provide community members with the tools and technology to share their Brooklyn memorabilia and culture heritage materials with the world. Many items that can help tell Brooklyn’s story are sitting forgotten
Our Streets Our Stories
Photo by silvinanyc [https://instagram.com/p/0Dwp_aA8My/?modal=true].It looks like now is the time for Clinton Hill nostalgists and history buffs to shine. Last week, we brought you word of Clinton Hill Library’s “Show And Tell” oral and photographic history project [/blog/2015/07/31/