Interview. Sylvia Metzler (Norris Square Neighborhood Project)
Subject
Philadelphia Green (Program)
Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History
Las Parcelas Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Norris Square Neighborhood Project (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Metzler, Sylvia
Description
Sylvia Metzler, former board president and twenty-five-year board member for the Norris Square Neighborhood Project (NSNP) and community organizer, discusses her involvement with NSNP and the community in which it is located over Zoom. This interview discusses the history of NSNP's staff, board, and mission, including the neighborly and friendly relationships between members of the staff and the community. The interview includes exposition on staff and board members Natalie Kempner, Carol Keck, and Eugenia "Ginny" Burgos in particular.
The interview also discusses gardens of NSNP, including Las Parcelas, El Batey, Jardín de Paz, Raíces, and Villa Africána Colobó, plus NSNP's struggle to preserve these spaces against development. The interview focuses on youth education inside and outside these spaces, including gardening and camping trips. The interview also discusses positive and negative changes in the neighborhood and the poverty, racism, and violence that Metzler and community organizers with NSNP have worked against. The interview concludes with Metzler's hopes for the neighborhood and NSNP.
The interview also discusses gardens of NSNP, including Las Parcelas, El Batey, Jardín de Paz, Raíces, and Villa Africána Colobó, plus NSNP's struggle to preserve these spaces against development. The interview focuses on youth education inside and outside these spaces, including gardening and camping trips. The interview also discusses positive and negative changes in the neighborhood and the poverty, racism, and violence that Metzler and community organizers with NSNP have worked against. The interview concludes with Metzler's hopes for the neighborhood and NSNP.
Date
2022
Coverage
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Interviewer
Makuc, Joseph
Interviewee
Metzler, Sylvia
Collection
Citation
“Interview. Sylvia Metzler (Norris Square Neighborhood Project),” Philadelphia Community Gardens Memory Collection, accessed April 19, 2024, https://phillycommunitygardensmemory.omeka.net/items/show/76.
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