Where I Live, or Old Battlefields of Brooklyn

About this episode

The episode features a pacifist meditation on Brooklyn's historical battlefields and discusses urban living and ethnic neighborhoods.

A pacifist meditation on battlefields and a walk through Brooklyn's Prospect Park, where a decision was made in the middle of the 19th century to obliterate the hills that held the ghosts of the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27 1776, one of the worst days in George Washington's life. Marc Eliot Stein talks about city living, ethnic neighborhoods, "Little Caribbean", the legacy of white flight and more.

People in this episode

Guest: Marc Eliot Stein

Topics covered

• pacifism
• Brooklyn history
• urban living
• ethnic neighborhoods
• white flight
• meditation

Keywords

• pacifism
• Brooklyn
• Prospect Park
• Battle of Brooklyn
• George Washington
• urban living
• ethnic neighborhoods

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Brooklyn, Prospect Park

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