Pauline Park Clip 1: Attraction to Queens

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Pauline Park

Date: Time Period: 1960-2018; 2018-03-12; Interview recorded: March 12, 2018 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 00:03:48

Creator: Pauline Park interviewed by Fran Kipnis Identifier: aql:27842 park_pauline_clip1

Description: When Pauline was living in Staten Island, she was looking at different neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Even in 1997, she found that Brooklyn was too expensive. She looked into Queens and located an apartment in Jackson Heights. She was attracted to Queens and Jackson Heights because she was already organizing in Queens while living in Staten Island. She had been invited to help co-found Queens Pride House. Jackson Heights is the epicenter of the Queens LGBT community. Queens Pride House moved to Jackson Heights in 2006. Queens is home now, and Jackson Heights is really home.

Title : Pauline Park Clip 1: Attraction to Queens

Collection : aql:20455; aql:27852

Creator : Pauline Park interviewed by Fran Kipnis

Date : Time Period: 1960-2018; 2018-03-12; Interview recorded: March 12, 2018

Summary/Description : When Pauline was living in Staten Island, she was looking at different neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Even in 1997, she found that Brooklyn was too expensive. She looked into Queens and located an apartment in Jackson Heights. She was attracted to Queens and Jackson Heights because she was already organizing in Queens while living in Staten Island. She had been invited to help co-found Queens Pride House. Jackson Heights is the epicenter of the Queens LGBT community. Queens Pride House moved to Jackson Heights in 2006. Queens is home now, and Jackson Heights is really home.

Subject : Political activists; Transgender people; Sexual minorities; Queens Pride House

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Pauline Park

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, NY Queens (New York, N.Y.) Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 00:03:48

Identifier : aql:27842 park_pauline_clip1