NYC Parks Covid Oral History

NYC Parks Covid-19 Oral History Project

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#12 NYC Parks Today with Commissioner Sue Donoghue

Posted August 8, 202300:28:36

During this 12-episode podcast series NYC Parks has looked at the COVID-19 era of 2020-2021 through the lens of interviews conducted during the Oral...

#11 Summer of Unrest

Posted August 1, 202300:31:08

This episode captures the memories of New York City Parks Department members as they recall the time period of social unrest during the COVID-19 crisis....

#10: Trees

Posted July 25, 202300:25:10

Sept. 29, 2020.

On this episode we are focusing on one topic: trees. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the NYC Parks teams that work to preserve the green...

#9 One Leaf, One Team

Posted July 18, 202300:24:53

Madison Square Park, April 14, 2020.

During the COVID-19 pandemic the Parks Department leaned on its team on the frontlines extra hard to keep parks...

#8 Feeding New Yorkers

Posted July 11, 202300:23:38

Hunts Point Recreation Center

During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest challenges facing New York City was food insecurity. As the scale of...