Richard Post, Clip 4: The World's Park
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Richard Post
Date: Time Period: 1967 - 1965; 2015-08-10; Interview recorded: August 10, 2015
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H4 digital recorder and Digital audio . Dimension:
Total running time: 0:10:32
Creator: Richard Post interviewed by Jennifer Sanchez
Identifier: aql:19418 qmp-rp-clip-000004
Description: Richard talks about the state of Flushing Meadows Park after the World's Fair. People stopped visiting it much because they were afraid of the new people who frequented the park, like the growing Hispanic communities. Richard dismisses those fears saying these new communities have every right to visit the park as other people do.
Creator :
Richard Post interviewed by Jennifer Sanchez
Date :
Time Period: 1967 - 1965; 2015-08-10; Interview recorded: August 10, 2015
Summary/Description :
Richard talks about the state of Flushing Meadows Park after the World's Fair. People stopped visiting it much because they were afraid of the new people who frequented the park, like the growing Hispanic communities. Richard dismisses those fears saying these new communities have every right to visit the park as other people do.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H4 digital recorder and Digital audio .; Total running time: 0:10:32
Identifier :
aql:19418 qmp-rp-clip-000004
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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