Wally Rosenthal, Clip 2: Neighborhood diversity
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Wally Rosenthal
Date: Time Period: 1947 - 2011; 2011-03-19; Interview recorded: March 19 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:13
Creator: Wally Rosenthal interviewed by Tess Hartman
Identifier: aql:20500 rosenthal_wally_clip2
Description: Wally Rosenthal remarks that growing up, his neighbors were largely of European descent. He considers the integration of Christian and Jewish families significant in the neighborhood since at the time, anti-Semitism was more out in the open. In 2011, the neighborhood is a much more international community, which is reflective of Queens as a whole. However, there are still not many African American families. When his parents died 25 years ago, he was living with his family in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. It was a predominantly African American and working-class community. When his brothers wanted him to move into his parents house, he and his wife had initial concerns that it was not diverse enough, but ended up moving there.
Creator :
Wally Rosenthal interviewed by Tess Hartman
Date :
Time Period: 1947 - 2011; 2011-03-19; Interview recorded: March 19 2011
Summary/Description :
Wally Rosenthal remarks that growing up, his neighbors were largely of European descent. He considers the integration of Christian and Jewish families significant in the neighborhood since at the time, anti-Semitism was more out in the open. In 2011, the neighborhood is a much more international community, which is reflective of Queens as a whole. However, there are still not many African American families. When his parents died 25 years ago, he was living with his family in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. It was a predominantly African American and working-class community. When his brothers wanted him to move into his parents house, he and his wife had initial concerns that it was not diverse enough, but ended up moving there.
Subject :
Neighborhoods; Neighbors; Moving, Household; Families; Cultural pluralism; Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
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 and East Flatbush Brooklyn, NY East Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) 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: 0:02:13
Identifier :
aql:20500 rosenthal_wally_clip2
Subject:
Neighborhoods; Neighbors; Moving, Household; Families; Cultural pluralism; Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
Neighborhoods; Neighbors; Moving, Household; Families; Cultural pluralism; Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
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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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