Description
- Abstract:
- A lifelong resident of Fox Point, Afonso is the daughter of Manuel Pedrosa (proprietor of Friends Market and also interviewed for this collection). Afonso now teaches fourth grade at the Vartan Gregorian School. Her interview discusses her memories of growing up on Brook Street, going to school in Fox Point, and the role of Friends Market in the community. She also discusses ways the neighborhood has changed over time.
Citation
"Interview with Eileen Afonso"
(2008).
Fox Point Project.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:414233/
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Fox Point Project
Since 2008, students from the Brown Center for Public Humanities have worked with Professor Anne Valk on collaborative projects to preserve and present the cultural heritage and social history of the Fox Point neighborhood. An archival collection of oral history …...