Joan Flowers, Clip 1: Addisleigh Park's History and Notable Residents
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Joan Flowers
Date: Time Period: 1930 - 2014; 2014-06-09; Interview recorded: June 9, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:05:41
Creator: Joan Flowers interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo
Identifier: aql:20959 qmp-jf-clip-000001
Description: Joan Flowers discusses with interviewer Margo Luizzo, the Addisleigh Park neighborhood in Queens where she has lived since 2000. She talks about changing demographics and the area's former notable residents, including Babe Ruth, James Brown, Lena Horne, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Count Basie. A number of elected official currently reside in the area, including William Scarborough, Malcolm Smith, and Dora Young.
Creator :
Joan Flowers interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo
Date :
Time Period: 1930 - 2014; 2014-06-09; Interview recorded: June 9, 2014
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Joan Flowers discusses with interviewer Margo Luizzo, the Addisleigh Park neighborhood in Queens where she has lived since 2000. She talks about changing demographics and the area's former notable residents, including Babe Ruth, James Brown, Lena Horne, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Count Basie. A number of elected official currently reside in the area, including William Scarborough, Malcolm Smith, and Dora Young.
Subject :
African American jazz musicians; African American civic leaders; Demographic transition; Neighborhoods; Local government; Ruth, Babe; Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt); Flowers, Neville; Basie, Count; Horne, Lena; Brown, James
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Locations discussed: Saint Albans and Addisleigh Park, Queens, NY Addisleigh Park Saint Albans (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
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Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:05:41
Identifier :
aql:20959 qmp-jf-clip-000001
Subject:
African American jazz musicians; African American civic leaders; Demographic transition; Neighborhoods; Local government; Ruth, Babe; Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt); Flowers, Neville; Basie, Count; Horne, Lena; Brown, James
African American jazz musicians; African American civic leaders; Demographic transition; Neighborhoods; Local government; Ruth, Babe; Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt); Flowers, Neville; Basie, Count; Horne, Lena; Brown, James
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