European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Bushwick Section o school was planned and built while neighbourhood he i960 census showed the area to be mostly White and Bui that situation had changed drastically by and ume longtime residents now suspect that the remaining Whites who dominated the local democratic party Appa feared thai Model cities status would destroy their property the Brooklyn democratic i coped make Bushwick Blacks politically voiceless by drawing local representative districts so As to make Bushwick a minority in each local Black leaders made matters Carroll in squabbling Over the few available government dollars All this meant that in its Bushwick has gained lust one publicly backed housing called Palmet it has just been completed and is almost Vady for if us 1960s great society passed brn Falck us Community bos and no better under hts government tin three year rid Community development Block Irani program is designed to target Federal Aid to Urban u 1975 and the first two years of the program when fan million in cd Money came into new York Bushel Csc got for a Small Park which is now a and for a fire prevention program that Hast begun the City exports million in is77 from the pro and so far Bushwick is Down for Only or a followup study of the tire one reason Little Community development Money has reached Pingul is that parts of the pro Gram require participation by local and most new York Banks want no part of the Only substantial Aid for Bushwick has been new in the Bushwick schools were among the oldest and overcrowded in the three fourths of its elementary schools were built before Bushwick High school had students in the More than it was built but by the time Money came for new schools in the late 60s and Early Bushwick school population had dropped sharply and now the new schools Are Anderen in the aftermath of the july fires and Bush Wick has received government Money to demolish some of its crumbling on july a the first such demolition took Chauncey Street on St 1977 playground by the turf of vandals and arsonists by abandoned by government and surrounded by Bush Wicks looting and the people of Chauncey Street arc fighting for a decent their Street is neatly Jln cd with the front Yards Are and Multi col ored barrels and fire hydrants brighten the landscape All paid Tor and kept up by the predominantly Middle class Home Richard president of the Chaun Cey Street Block recalls that his Block won second prize in a 1960s City wide Block  program run by former mayor John if conyours Harrison chatting in front of her the Street is More Beautiful than a keep up with the Joneses Altitude has led homeowners to paint their houses Brilliant colors and Spruce up their front but the rash of looting and arson that hit Bushwick in july during and alter a ally wide Power blackout ims terrified the people of Chauncey it worries us very we own these and just a Little excessive heat from the fires and they will Harrison they Are because nearly a Hundred convenient shops on nearby Broadway were put out of business by loot ers and arsonists during the it Means Many Bushwick residents have to or walk if they have no two Miles or More to Chauncey residents have struggled to keep Bush Wicks horrors from their door but City government has made that tougher because at fiscal a nearby subway exit was closed by the City in an Economy move a year or so and Chauncey Street residents must take a terrifying walk past a methadone clinic and liquor store to gel to or from purse a Natchinga and muggings Are now a Dally like most working Bushwick Chauncey Street dwellers work outside the Many in civil service Harrison a a retired Berry is a maintenance worker for the police not trusting Tow Poun la keep things Chaancey Street Rusf Deau look after pc Piaf a watch Lor oof am liar we do it by Yelling a lot us outside Ive been marked As a bad woman by the but what do i care Harrison theres no talk of leaving their even with the destruction and danger that surrounds this spotless when am i going i have no place else to Harrison a the stars and stripes pose is