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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.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20684

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

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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.


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