Orestes Gonzalez, Clip 2: Long Island City as a Neighborhood
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Orestes Gonzalez
Date: Time Period: 1990's; 2019-01-22; Interview recorded: January 22, 2019
Material: Digital audio recording made using unknown digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:00
Creator: Orestes Gonzalez interviewed by Fran Kipnis
Identifier: aql:34038 gonzalez-orestes-clip2
Description: Long Island City was an industrial area in the 1990's and quiet on the weekends. Queens did not have much to do, Murray Park was desolate. He would often go to Greenpoint Brooklyn where there wa more going on. That area had a lot of Polish immigrants and he admired their craftsmanship.
Creator :
Orestes Gonzalez interviewed by Fran Kipnis
Date :
Time Period: 1990's; 2019-01-22; Interview recorded: January 22, 2019
Summary/Description :
Long Island City was an industrial area in the 1990's and quiet on the weekends. Queens did not have much to do, Murray Park was desolate. He would often go to Greenpoint Brooklyn where there wa more going on. That area had a lot of Polish immigrants and he admired their craftsmanship.
Subject :
Industrial districts; Neighborhoods; Long Island City Artists Inc.
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Long Island City, Queens, NY Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using unknown digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:02:00
Identifier :
aql:34038 gonzalez-orestes-clip2
Subject:
Industrial districts; Neighborhoods; Long Island City Artists Inc.
Industrial districts; Neighborhoods; Long Island City Artists Inc.
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