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Daniel Karatzas, Clip 2: Development of Jackson Heights

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Daniel Karatzas
Date: Time Period: 1910 - 1950; 2012-02-29; Interview recorded: February 29 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:15
Creator: Daniel Karatzas interviewed by Maritza Ordonez Identifier: aql:20552 karatzas_daniel_clip2

Description: Daniel Karatzas discusses the development of Jackson Heights, which originated as a planned, upper-middle-class community in the second decade of the 20th century. The post-WWII housing boom saw the arrival of larger apartment buildings and a more diverse population.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20669

Creator : Daniel Karatzas interviewed by Maritza Ordonez

Date : Time Period: 1910 - 1950; 2012-02-29; Interview recorded: February 29 2012

Summary/Description : Daniel Karatzas discusses the development of Jackson Heights, which originated as a planned, upper-middle-class community in the second decade of the 20th century. The post-WWII housing boom saw the arrival of larger apartment buildings and a more diverse population.

Subject : Neighborhoods; Planned communities

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: Jackson Heights, Queens, NY Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:02:15

Identifier : aql:20552 karatzas_daniel_clip2

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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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