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MIKE STOREY

“At that time, 2002 was enough ahead of the cusp of what happened to the neighborhood that a lot of people who had property or families in this area for a long time, they kind of didn’t know what was about to hit them, like I didn’t even know it, and I was only 24 at the time.”

Mike Storey is interviewed by Emma Clark and Yousif Hashem as part of the Our Streets, Our Stories: Community Scanning event at the Leonard Library on July 18th, 2015. 

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HON. JOSEPH R. LENTOL

“I remember being on his shoulder and shaking hands with the President of the United States when I was five years old.”

Honorable Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol of New York State Assembly’s District 50 is interviewed by Emma Clark at his district office on August 28th, 2015. 

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DR. PHIL FRANCO

“It’s kind of a typical Williamsburg story where we met in the neighborhood, in the Feast, we knew each other from a distance for years, you know I remember when she was seven or eight years old...you know I knew her parents before I knew her, so it was a very typical neighborhood type of situation.”

Dr. Phil Franco is interviewed by Emma Clark at the Leonard Library on February 18th, 2015.

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*Dr. Franco would like to explain his appearance by noting that this interview took place on Ash Wednesday.

MARTY NEEDELMAN

“Our goal has always been with tenants’ associations and with these co-ops...transparency and collective decision-making. Reports with everything, all the businesses...monthly meetings, rents are collected, rent strike or co-op, at the meetings. Receipts are given out, at the meetings. Reports are given, at the meetings. Checks are signed, at the meetings.”

Marty Needelman is interviewed by Emma Clark at the offices of Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A on March 9th, 2015. 

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WIL CHABRIER

"It’s a tradition in Puerto Rico [...] you just sort of like, show up, and all of a sudden you’re fed and you’re, you know, you visit another family, you just show up and that’s the way it was over here in New York...”

Wil Chabrier is interviewed by Emma Clark at his office in 4 World Trade Center on May 8th, 2015. 

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Every Friday we will be featuring two interviews from the Our Streets, Our Stories oral history project, run by the Department of Outreach Services at the Brooklyn Public Library. The project seeks to explore and preserve the history of Brooklyn through the words of the people who live and work here.

This interview is with Monsignor Joe Calise of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church in Williamsburg, which is currently celebrating its annual Giglio Festival. He was interviewed by Emma Clark on March 11th, 2015 at Leonard Library. 

Every Friday we will be featuring two interviews from the Our Streets, Our Stories oral history project, run by the Department of Outreach Services at the Brooklyn Public Library. The project seeks to explore and preserve the history of Brooklyn through the words of the people who live and work here.

This interview is with John Woods, the Director of Programming at Nitehawk Cinema and former owner of the video store Reel Life in Williamsburg. He was interviewed by Emma Clark on February 10th, 2015 at Nitehawk Cinema. 

Every Friday we will be featuring two interviews from the Our Streets, Our Stories oral history project, run by the Department of Outreach Services at the Brooklyn Public Library. The project seeks to explore and preserve the history of Brooklyn through the words of the people who live and work here.

This interview is with former Williamsburg resident Wil Chabrier. He was interviewed by Emma Clark on May 8th, 2015 at his office in 4 World Trade Center.