DIALelbarrio

My oral history

Here is another audio story by someone from El Barrio. Listen and comment.

my father lived on 104th

My name is Janis Astor Delvalle and my father lived on 104th between 5th and Park right before the depression.

the colors of the flag

Corporatizing a community?

Lived in el barrio 2 1/2 years

There are many activities today in the streets of el barrio.

connecting to my roots

I have been coming to el barrio for the last 5 years as a Puerto Rican woman and this place is magical

sistahs on the rise

we are here in el barrio.

el barrio is complex

I am a newcomer to el barrio and find it is a place of culture and politics.

the little shop on 106th street

This is a story about when I first met Diogenes.

life on 109th

There is no better view out my window that a view of the mural of Lolita Lebron across from me. Looking at it I remember standing in the street watching the young girl who was making it. Having moved acrossed from it 5 years later, it seems I was destined to live with that image.