Tasha is a 20-year-old resident of Hudson. Tasha has a daughter almost one year old, and said they may stay or may move away. She has lived here her whole life and seen many changes. Warren Street has more trees now, Club Helsinki is new, and the house by TSL (Time Space Limited) is a real house. There are new houses built on Columbia Street by the High Rise. Since Tasha was young Union Street used to be a quiet street but now there are new buildings for rich people where there was nothing. There are lots of antiques on Warren Street and so much noise now on 5th Street with cops, fighting, and more people. 

Growing up on Union Street felt safe back then. She could be playing outside without parental supervision; jumping rope, playing tag. She stayed on the block and had a nice backyard with a great garden. Their house was large with old paint on walls, and old newspaper for insulation, and inside an antique house! It was furnished with antique sinks, a bathroom with a clawfoot tub, and a balcony. As a child she was never bored. She loved to draw and played house, school, and doctor, and friends came over to the “Adventure House.”  Drawing and art have always been important to Tasha. It has been like a story that is calming and meditative, generating feelings of beauty and structure. Even though it is not easy and [it’s] time consuming it keeps boredom away. In high school Tasha was one of the best students in drawing. 

During earlier times on Union Street Tasha recalled her sisters and family. She said that her Mom was always working but Dad only worked in the morning and came home to cook. Tasha and her younger sister Kayla played; the other two older sisters weren’t home much because they were usually at people’s houses. Dad was usually with his friends in the kitchen. Her mom put the children to bed. Her parents didn’t play with or talk to her and her sisters, which made them independent from a young age. Tasha bonded with her two younger sisters, but her older two sisters didn’t bond with the younger sisters. The changes are that people have moved away. Tasha wished for bonding with family, missing that.