Nilda Tirado, Clip 7: Private Blocks, off the Map
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Nilda Tirado
Date: Time Period: 1950 - 2010; 2010-06-23; Interview recorded: June 23 2010
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:29
Creator: Nilda Tirado interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20654 tirado_nilda_clip7
Description: Ms. Tirado states that in New York, there are some streets that were never mapped. These were private blocks. Her street used to be a private block for the ambassador to Spain. They owned the land, then it sold, and several houses were moved. The city enforced eminent domain and took over. They had to fight to get on the street on the map, get the city to start cleaning the street, and even pave it. The city also decided to fix a bump on the street, which brought flooding.
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 in New York, there are some streets that were never mapped. These were private blocks. Her street used to be a private block for the ambassador to Spain. They owned the land, then it sold, and several houses were moved. The city enforced eminent domain and took over. They had to fight to get on the street on the map, get the city to start cleaning the street, and even pave it. The city also decided to fix a bump on the street, which brought flooding.
Subject :
Maps; Private roads; Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.; Sidewalks; Sanitation
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: 0:02:29
Identifier :
aql:20654 tirado_nilda_clip7
Subject:
Maps; Private roads; Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.; Sidewalks; Sanitation
Maps; Private roads; Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.; Sidewalks; Sanitation
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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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