Poughkeepsie

Traducción por Cintia Osorio. Foto por Kaleceia Douglas. Michael Bennett Q: ¿Naciste y creciste en la ciudad de Poughkeepsie? A:Me mudé a Poughkeepsie desde Rhinebeck cuando tenía diez años. Nací en San Francisco y luego mi familia se mudó a Nueva York, luego al estado de Virginia durante un par de años y luego a Rhinebeck […]

Traducción por Mildred Gopar. Foto por Phyenix Young-White. Dwayne Douglas Q: ¿Así que, usted nació y creció en Poughkeepsie? A:  Nací en St. Thomas, Jamaica, de hecho, en los Indies del Oeste. En agosto de 1990, me mudé a Poughkeepsie. Tenía 8 años; yo diría que fui criado aquí en Poughkeepsie. Q: ¿Cuándo se mudo […]

Photo by Phyenix Young-White. Dwayne Douglas Q: So were you born and raised entirely in Poughkeepsie? A: I was born in St. Thomas, Jamaica, actually, in the West Indies. In August 1990 I moved to Poughkeepsie. I was 8 years old. I would say I was raised here in Poughkeepsie. Q: When you moved here, […]

Traducción por Maffy Malaver. Foto proporcionada. Alexander Pelish Q: ¿Cómo le describiría Poughkeepsie a alguien que no ha estado aquí antes? A: Es bastante irregular, sórdida en algunas partes y puede ser difícil. Hay secciones, donde crecí, a las que realmente no quieres ir si no eres de allí. Podrías estar en una buena zona […]

Photo provided. Alexander Pelish Q: How would you describe Poughkeepsie to someone who hasn’t been here before? A: It’s pretty spotty, very seedy in some parts, and it can be rough. There are sections, where I grew up pretty much, that you don’t really want to go if you’re not from there. You could be […]

Traducción por Cintia Osorio Foto por Olivia Barker-Duncan. Frank Johnson Q: Cuando eras niño, ¿dónde vivías en la ciudad? A: Crecí en el lado norte. Vivía justo debajo de King Street Park en Mansion Street. Q: Descríbe esta zona cuando eras pequeño. A: Era una zona predominantemente italiana. Éramos una de las tres familias negras […]

Photo by Olivia Barker-Duncan. Frank Johnson Q: When you were a kid, where did you live in the city? A: I grew up on the north side.  I lived just below King Street Park on Mansion Street. Q: Describe it for me when you were growing up. A: It was a predominantly Italian area.  We […]

Photo by Kaleceia Douglas. Michael Bennett Q: Were you born and raised in the City of Poughkeepsie? A: I moved to Poughkeepsie from Rhinebeck when I was ten. I was born in San Francisco, and then my family moved to New York, then to Virginia for a couple of years, and then to Rhinebeck for […]

Poughkeepsie’s intersection at Main Street of Garden Street to the north, and Liberty Street to the south, appears to have been an interesting and rich area. John Bolding, the self-emancipated enslaved man who was kidnapped by federal authorities and returned to the south, only to obtain his freedom through the collective action of Poughkeepsie residents, […]

Photo by Olivia Barker-Duncan. Isis Benitez Q: Do you feel like there’s a certain prevailing perception of the city held by people who live other places in the area? A: So many people think of Poughkeepsie as a bad and scary place to live. We’re predominantly a city with people of color. There’s this perceived […]