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Site Report #2
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Vinegar Hill Site Report #2
vinegar Hill Site #1
Introduction
On this site visit we will study and observe Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn, NY. Vinegar hill is located between Dumbo and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Vinegar Hill was originally settled by irish immigrants. This location spans a six block area, but was larger before construction on the BrooklynâQueens expressway. Our goal is to carefully observe the details in the area, such as architectural time periods, street names, grid development, and building relationships
My Reflection on the Loingsigh Reading
Application of the RECAP criteria to the Loingsigh reading:
RECAP
Mr. Eamon Loingsighâs article âThe power of family lore: uncovering Brooklynâs âAuld Irishtownâ,â is written on the official Brooklyn Daily Eagleâs newspaper website: http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/power-family-lore-uncovering-brooklyn%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cauld-irishtown%E2%80%9D-2013-04-08-193600 This makes Mr. Loingsigh article a reliable secondary source, which can be used and referred to in a research project.
Relevance: This information would be relevant to my needs if I were conducting research on Brooklynâs Irishtown.
– The source helps me research my topic and/or answers my questions.
– The source meets the requirements of my assignment.
Expertise: The author is a direct relative of the primary sources in his article, and the publisher is an official newspaper.
– The author is qualified or an expert who knows about the topic.
– There is information about the author on the web page.
Currency: The information was written on April 8, 2013.
– The source is almost three years old.
– This website does get its information from up-to-date sources.
Accuracy: The sourceâs information is reliable but may have the potential for some falsification.
– The source states where the information comes from.
– I can verify any of the information by checking other sources.
Purpose: My information source was created for career and a sense of family duty.
– My source was designed to inform, educate, entertain, and/or to make money.
– I do not think that my source was designed to further a political, religious, or institutional cause; but it is biased towards the Irish perspective. Consider the point of view of âWhiskey Wars,â for instance.
I strongly believe that this is a âcredible source,â because the author’s article was published in a credible newspaper; however, the information, though acquired from primary source interviews and secondary literature, was not purely taken from historical archives of governmental sources, such as libraries or historical documents. There is no official document claiming that Vinegar Hill was once called or known as “Irish-town.” I would use this source in the context of an unofficial historical research project.
Reflections #4: RECAPing Auld Irishtown
I was very pleased to encounter Loingsigh’s writing. It was intriguing to follow up with this article having read the Smithsonian’s “Whiskey Wars” prior to this. Loingsigh’s article has put the Whiskey Wars in context of a greater history, while tracing the trajectory of Irish history within Vinegar Hill. His mode of research was based off of several strategies, one of which was the experiences of his grandmother, who was a primary source at hand. The layers he discovered are native to his homeland, which is not a common experience in the melting pot of New York City.
In regards to the RECAP evaluation, This article was relevant for our previous readings, and for our site visits as well. Loingsigh’s expertise is apparent in his writing style, as he is planning to write 3 books based on this historic matter. Loingsigh gives the reader a large window, which tells us that his idea of tracing history was inspired by the early stories of his grandparents (early 20th century) to recent research he as uncovered in the past decade (the articles on the White Hand Gang, and Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York). His grandparents serve as primary sources, while his research conducted within Municipal Archives on Chambers Street and New York Times articles which also proves to be primary and secondary sources. The purpose of this article was to inform readers both about the author’s upcoming works, and to offer a new range of information which was undocumented on Irishtown’s history. Loingsigh stresses the loss of information on Irishtown, how it was not charted as a territory, but exists through the experience of others.
Site Report #1: Vinegar Hill
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HhXCitynIQPdVDYemqGrrN9-x61parnZJkWnTh-jp9A/edit
Site report #1
Site Report 2, Revised, Trip to Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill Site Report 1
Kyra Cuevas – Vinegar Hill Site Report 1
In addition to submitting the report, I’d like to add that I’m having a bit of a technical issue regarding one of the photos within the file. For some reason it won’t crop at the right place, so I will attach it here.
This is the picture I will submit in lieu of the photo that is improperly cropped.
Vinegar Hill Site Report #1
Vinegar Hill Field Report #1 — Jessica Samide
Above is the PDF attachment to my Vinegar Hill Field Report #1.
