Annalou Christensen, Clip 7: Demolition of mother's house
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Annalou Christensen
Date: Time Period: 1920 - 2010; 2010-06-29; Interview recorded: June 29 2010
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:01:44
Creator: Annalou Christensen interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20586 christensen_annalou_clip7
Description: Annalou Christensen could see her mother's house all the way from Kissena Park. She could see the green door of the house all the way at the end of Smart Street. She was very upset, because she did not know it would be demolished. The house had been sold to a family, who moved to New Jersey, and they had sold it to developers. Susan Christensen describes that they had trouble selling the house. She says that there is a Chinese belief that if a door faces the open street all the money flows out, although notes that their family was always prosperous.
Creator :
Annalou Christensen interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1920 - 2010; 2010-06-29; Interview recorded: June 29 2010
Summary/Description :
Annalou Christensen could see her mother's house all the way from Kissena Park. She could see the green door of the house all the way at the end of Smart Street. She was very upset, because she did not know it would be demolished. The house had been sold to a family, who moved to New Jersey, and they had sold it to developers. Susan Christensen describes that they had trouble selling the house. She says that there is a Chinese belief that if a door faces the open street all the money flows out, although notes that their family was always prosperous.
Subject :
Real estate development; Moving, Household
Rights :
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Waldheim, Flushing, Queens, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:01:44
Identifier :
aql:20586 christensen_annalou_clip7
Rights Notice
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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