Posts Tagged ‘Joyce Krook’
“Grand Dame” of Phillips Community
Muriel Simmons & Joyce Krook By Barb Lickness, Colleague and Good Friend Starting out I can only say Muriel Simmons was the Grand Dame of all of the Phillips Community. I met Muriel in 1998 when I was assigned the Phillips neighborhood for NRP prior to the establishment of the 4 new Phillips neighborhoods in the early 2000”'s. She was the head of the ad hoc community committee to continue implementation of the sacred NRP program. Amidst the chaotic atmosphere that existed at the time she was the voice of reason and the force of calm. Once Phillips made the decision to become 4 new neighborhoods Muriel emerged as the leader and force to be reckoned with in the newly formed Phillips West. She wasted no time in getting to work. No, was not an answer Muriel accepted. If you showed her a door she would find the window and walk right through it. She brought neighbors together to form the new Phillips West Neighborhood Organization and brought in help to establish a new [...]
“Tell Me a Story””¦in Joyce Krook”'s words
Lake Street Council is working hard this year to collect and promote the history of the Lake Street area. The first stage to this project is collecting oral histories of longtime residents. We started with Alley ally Joyce Krook. Here are some excerpts of Joyce recalling her childhood growing up in the Hennepin & Lake area. Please visit youtube.com/VisitLakeStreet to watch the whole video interview with Joyce and others! And if you are a longtime resident who remembers well the Lake Street from decades past, and would like your story recorded, please get in touch with us! Call 612-824-7420 or email coien@lakestreetcouncil.org. Joyce Krook Reminisces about childhood near Lake Street About the apartment Joyce & her family lived in near Lake Street After we moved to 29th & Dupont, we lived there until 1955 so that was quite a few years. ”¦ It was a four-plex. I have no idea how old the building was. We lived upstairs. It was a one bedroom apartment and it [...]
