An urban book of poetry from the authors perspective of living in
Farragut Projects located in Brooklyn, NYC. Hear about the author's
friends, family and community through poetry, photographs and
literary dialogue. Wonderful book, inspiring, educational and often
funny. The book A Brooklyn Project is a representation of
author'sexperience there from 1962 to1985. The poetic vision of the
events and people through the eyes of a child, teenager and adult.
This book of urban poetryisculturally moving. She captures the
essence of the neighborhood, it's shops, churches, schoolsand the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Farraguthouses are a cultural icon and is
the focal point of the work.It's multi- cultural influence is a
marvel from their block parties, community center marching bands,
leisure time and Old Timers Day. Today you can Google Farragut
Houseson Facebook with over 900 members strong. Blogs with an array
of comments by community members posted daily in remembrance and
recognition of the neighborhood. Every year they still get together
for Old Timers Day to celebrate with the new community tenants and
reunite with the old, usually at Commodore Barry Park (City Park)
or a Block Party on Sands Street from the Brooklyn Navy Yard on
Navy Streetto Gold Street. The area of Farragut was the foundation
of Shiva School (Yeshiva is Jewish), Watch Tower (Jehovah's
Witnesses), Public Schools, St. Ann's Catholic Church, Drakes
Cakes, Barney's Italian Grocer andDr. White Community Center.
Farragut Housesnext door neighborsare Brooklyn Heights Historical
District, and Fort Greene.It was the home of Italian, Jewish,
African American, Puerto Rican and West Indians. It's building's
location stand near the Brooklyn & ManhattanBridges, Brooklyn,
Queens Expressway (BQE). The High Street and York Street subway
stations, formerly titled the BMTBrooklyn-Manhattan Transit
(Subwayfast food restaurant names their BMT sub sandwich - Ham,
cheese usually provolone, spicy and regular hard salami and any
fixings)subway line presently called the IND. IND means
Independent."
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