Chris Shand, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Chris Shand
Date: Time Period: 1970 - 2010; 2010-06-22; Interview recorded: June 22 2010
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 1:05:10
Creator: Chris Shand interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20512 shand_chris_full
Description: Chris Shand works the 4pm to midnight shift at the Flushing Hospital where his wife also works as a nurse. He grew up in Richmond Hill, Queens in a middle class neighborhood and later lived in upstate New York before returning to Queens. He first moved to Flushing in the 1990's and has seen populations and housing costs rise dramatically. Chris is a member of the Waldheim Neighborhood Association, a group that sought zoning changes to prevent developers from tearing down historic houses to replace them with large apartment buildings. He and his wife live in an older apartment building just a few blocks from the hospital.
Creator :
Chris Shand interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1970 - 2010; 2010-06-22; Interview recorded: June 22 2010
Summary/Description :
Chris Shand works the 4pm to midnight shift at the Flushing Hospital where his wife also works as a nurse. He grew up in Richmond Hill, Queens in a middle class neighborhood and later lived in upstate New York before returning to Queens. He first moved to Flushing in the 1990's and has seen populations and housing costs rise dramatically. Chris is a member of the Waldheim Neighborhood Association, a group that sought zoning changes to prevent developers from tearing down historic houses to replace them with large apartment buildings. He and his wife live in an older apartment building just a few blocks from the hospital.
Subject :
Translating services; Cultural pluralism; Immigrants; Hospitals; Community activists; Real estate development; Psychiatric hospitals; Motion picture theaters; Flushing Hospital Medical Center (New York, N.Y.); RKO Keith's Flushing Theatre
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 Hindenburg.; Total running time: 1:05:10
Identifier :
aql:20512 shand_chris_full
Subject:
Translating services; Cultural pluralism; Immigrants; Hospitals; Community activists; Real estate development; Psychiatric hospitals; Motion picture theaters; Flushing Hospital Medical Center (New York, N.Y.); RKO Keith's Flushing Theatre
Translating services; Cultural pluralism; Immigrants; Hospitals; Community activists; Real estate development; Psychiatric hospitals; Motion picture theaters; Flushing Hospital Medical Center (New York, N.Y.); RKO Keith's Flushing Theatre
Audio Clip
Tags
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.
Add new comment