Eva Roman Clip 3: Love for Kew Gardens

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Eva Roman

Date: Time Period: 2007-2017; 2017-11-08; Interview recorded: November 8, 2017 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 00:02:31

Creator: Eva Roman interviewed by Edgar Roman Identifier: aql:25522 roman_eva_clip3

Description: Eva describes the positives of living in Kew Gardens. She notes that Kew Gardens didn’t change much for the last ten years. She likes that Kew Gardens is a diverse neighborhoods The blocks in Kew Gardens are divided into groups of different cultures and ethnicities. People from Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador lived in one block. The rest of the neighborhood consists of mostly of immigrants of European descent. In one block she’d find the Dominican Daily and in another she’d find a European newspaper. A little further inside Kew Gardens there reside immigrants from India. She explains that she’d see European cheese and Indian spices which were new to her. Eva claims that Kew Gardens is a quiet, safe, and peaceful neighborhood. Transportation is also very accessible. Long Island Rail Road, subways, and buses are close to her. She voices her love for Kew Gardens for being the perfect neighborhood for her.

Title : Eva Roman Clip 3: Love for Kew Gardens

Collection : aql:20455; aql:25542

Creator : Eva Roman interviewed by Edgar Roman

Date : Time Period: 2007-2017; 2017-11-08; Interview recorded: November 8, 2017

Summary/Description : Eva describes the positives of living in Kew Gardens. She notes that Kew Gardens didn’t change much for the last ten years. She likes that Kew Gardens is a diverse neighborhoods The blocks in Kew Gardens are divided into groups of different cultures and ethnicities. People from Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador lived in one block. The rest of the neighborhood consists of mostly of immigrants of European descent. In one block she’d find the Dominican Daily and in another she’d find a European newspaper. A little further inside Kew Gardens there reside immigrants from India. She explains that she’d see European cheese and Indian spices which were new to her. Eva claims that Kew Gardens is a quiet, safe, and peaceful neighborhood. Transportation is also very accessible. Long Island Rail Road, subways, and buses are close to her. She voices her love for Kew Gardens for being the perfect neighborhood for her.

Subject : Immigrants; Cultural assimilation; Emigration and immigration; City University of New York

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Eva Roman

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Kew Gardens, NY Queens (New York, N.Y.) Kew Gardens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 00:02:31

Identifier : aql:25522 roman_eva_clip3