Richard Post, Clip 1: Robert Moses's Best Friend
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Richard Post
Date: Time Period: 1964 - 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: 0:07:59
Creator: Richard Post interviewed by Jennifer Sanchez
Identifier: aql:19419 qmp-rp-clip-000001
Description: Richard talks about how Robert Moses had a friend named David Oats. He was a personal friend of Robert Moses and would be 65-66 years old now (he died at 58). Oats lived in the Flushing Projects when construction began for the fair, and he frequently snuck inside. One day he was caught and brought to Robert Moses, and they became great friends. Oats became a civil planner, a journalist, and an advocate for Queens and Flushing Meadows. There is a small patch of land "David's Garden" dedicated to Oats in the shadow of the New York State Pavilion; Richard regrets that this man's role has not been more widely celebrated.
Creator :
Richard Post interviewed by Jennifer Sanchez
Date :
Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2015-08-10; Interview recorded: August 10, 2015
Summary/Description :
Richard talks about how Robert Moses had a friend named David Oats. He was a personal friend of Robert Moses and would be 65-66 years old now (he died at 58). Oats lived in the Flushing Projects when construction began for the fair, and he frequently snuck inside. One day he was caught and brought to Robert Moses, and they became great friends. Oats became a civil planner, a journalist, and an advocate for Queens and Flushing Meadows. There is a small patch of land "David's Garden" dedicated to Oats in the shadow of the New York State Pavilion; Richard regrets that this man's role has not been more widely celebrated.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Moses, Robert, 1888-1981; Oats, David
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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.)
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Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H4 digital recorder and Digital audio .; Total running time: 0:07:59
Identifier :
aql:19419 qmp-rp-clip-000001
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Moses, Robert, 1888-1981; Oats, David
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Moses, Robert, 1888-1981; Oats, David
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