Jenny Verano and Abe Vilensky, Clip 1: Woodside is a Wonderful Place to Live
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano
Date: Time Period: 1946 - 2011; 2011-08-01; Interview recorded: August 1 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg Adobe Sound Booth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:07
Creator: Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano interviewed by Kyoko Aoki
Identifier: aql:20492 vilensky_verano_clip1
Description: Mr. Vilensky and Mrs. Verano enjoy their neighborhood because they live close to a movie theater, a library, public transportation and a wide variety of restaurants. Ms. Verano has been in Woodside for 43 years. She and her friend Amalia were the first Spanish-speaking people in Woodside; others were mostly Italian, Greek, Jewish, and now populations are also from Korea, China, and Nepal. She says she likes the area because it has everything she needs.
Creator :
Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano interviewed by Kyoko Aoki
Date :
Time Period: 1946 - 2011; 2011-08-01; Interview recorded: August 1 2011
Summary/Description :
Mr. Vilensky and Mrs. Verano enjoy their neighborhood because they live close to a movie theater, a library, public transportation and a wide variety of restaurants. Ms. Verano has been in Woodside for 43 years. She and her friend Amalia were the first Spanish-speaking people in Woodside; others were mostly Italian, Greek, Jewish, and now populations are also from Korea, China, and Nepal. She says she likes the area because it has everything she needs.
Subject :
Ethnic restaurants; Central business districts; Neighborhoods; Multiculturalism
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: Woodside, Queens, NY Woodside (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 Adobe Sound Booth.; Total running time: 0:02:07
Identifier :
aql:20492 vilensky_verano_clip1
Subject:
Ethnic restaurants; Central business districts; Neighborhoods; Multiculturalism
Ethnic restaurants; Central business districts; Neighborhoods; Multiculturalism
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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.
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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