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Title: Buddy Moore Interview, November 9, 2019
Date: November 9, 2019
Creator: Carmen Bolt; Buddy Moore
Description: Buddy Moore, former Park View resident, talks about his time living in the neighborhood. Born and raised in the Cardozo area, Buddy moved to Park View to raise his family. He reflects on the drug epidemic that hit in the neighborhood in the 1980s, and discusses forming an Orange Hat group to educate those in the neighborhood doing "negative things." He feels that this group made a difference in cutting down the violence in the neighborhood. Buddy talks about the "great positive" changes he's seen in Petworth/Park View regarding new businesses, redevelopment, and gentrification. To long time residents, he encourages them to "hang on" as the city government works on housing.
Subject: It's a Small World After All: Art Wraps on Historic Georgia Avenue event (2019); Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Park View (Washington, D.C.); Georgia Avenue (Washington, D.C.); Affordable housing; Gentrification; Orange Hats (Citizens patrol group); Community crime prevention programs; Citizen patrol groups; Urban decay; Illegal drug activity
Country: United States
Collection: Petworth Library 2019 - "It’s a Small World After All"
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1976
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Catherine Hargrove Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Carmen Bolt; Catherine Hargrove
Description: Catherine Hargrove relocated to Petworth in the mid-1980s from Boston where she attended law school. She recalls it being incredibly family-oriented at the time she moved, but that the city did not maintain the urban landscape well. When asked about the change in the neighborhood overtime, Hargrove mentions that while still community-oriented, the neighborhood is largely gentrified. While this has resulted in greater municipal upkeep of the neighborhood, she notes several individuals that have been forced out of the community due to rising costs. She expresses that more conversations need to be held around the topic of gentrification and believes that individuals moving into new neighborhoods should make a point to learn the history and norms of the community that already exists.
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Gentrification; Community crime prevention programs; Illegal drug activity; Public transportation
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2004
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image