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Richard Hourahan, Clip 8: Poverty and Big Business

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Richard Hourahan
Date: Time Period: 1900 - 2010; 2010-07-06; Interview recorded: July 6 2010 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension: Total running time: 0:00:00
Creator: Richard Hourahan interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:20505 hourahan_richard_clip8

Description: Mr. Hourahan observes the contrast between poverty and big business in Flushing. He sees a many elderly Asian residents at AME Church soup kitchen. Flushing also has one of the highest rents, and is business oriented place, not just restaurants and small shops, but big business.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20667

Creator : Richard Hourahan interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1900 - 2010; 2010-07-06; Interview recorded: July 6 2010

Summary/Description : Mr. Hourahan observes the contrast between poverty and big business in Flushing. He sees a many elderly Asian residents at AME Church soup kitchen. Flushing also has one of the highest rents, and is business oriented place, not just restaurants and small shops, but big business.

Subject : Poverty; Soup kitchens; Business; Rent; Condominium office buildings

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: 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: 0:00:00

Identifier : aql:20505 hourahan_richard_clip8

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Poverty; Soup kitchens; Business; Rent; Condominium office buildings

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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.


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