Date: Time Period: 1950 - 2010; 2010-06-23; Interview recorded: June 23 2010Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg.Dimension:
Total running time: 0:04:17
Creator: Nilda Tirado interviewed by Natalie MilbrodtIdentifier: aql:20633 tirado_nilda_clip5
Description: Ms. Tirado states that at a community board meeting developers accused residents of trying to thwart progress through their efforts to stop them. When the rezoning laws were approved, they were in favor of residents over developers' interests. Councilman John Liu says,"Rosa keeps me honest", implying that residents hold politicians accountable to the people in the area. Ms. Tirado got involved, because as resident she doesn't want development to happen without planning. She gives an example of a house that was purchased and torn down by a developer, then let it sit for two years. It was then resold to another developer who started building attached homes, but stopped due to foreclosure. The house now sits unfinished. This is an example of over-development and there are a number of properties in the Waldheim area which are like that.
Creator : Nilda Tirado interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date : Time Period: 1950 - 2010; 2010-06-23; Interview recorded: June 23 2010
Summary/Description : Ms. Tirado states that at a community board meeting developers accused residents of trying to thwart progress through their efforts to stop them. When the rezoning laws were approved, they were in favor of residents over developers' interests. Councilman John Liu says,"Rosa keeps me honest", implying that residents hold politicians accountable to the people in the area. Ms. Tirado got involved, because as resident she doesn't want development to happen without planning. She gives an example of a house that was purchased and torn down by a developer, then let it sit for two years. It was then resold to another developer who started building attached homes, but stopped due to foreclosure. The house now sits unfinished. This is an example of over-development and there are a number of properties in the Waldheim area which are like that.
Subject : Real estate developers; Real estate development; City planning and redevelopment law; Community activists; City council members; Foreclosure
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: Waldheim, Flushing, Queens, NY 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: 0:04:17
Identifier : aql:20633 tirado_nilda_clip5
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Subject: Real estate developers; Real estate development; City planning and redevelopment law; Community activists; City council members; Foreclosure
Rights Notice 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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