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Gary Gilbert, Clip 1: Changes in the Neighborhood

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Gary Gilbert
Date: Time Period: 1990-2017; 2017-12-05; Interview recorded: December 5 2017 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 00:01:32
Creator: Gary Gilbert Interviewed by Fran Kipnis Identifier: aql:26213 gary-gilbert-clip1

Description: Gary talks about how Jackson Heights has changed over the years he has lived in the neighborhood. He says the neighborhood has gotten more homogenous. Little shops have been replaced by Starbucks and other expensive eateries while the population has shifted from mostly older folks to young business professionals.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:26220

Creator : Gary Gilbert Interviewed by Fran Kipnis

Date : Time Period: 1990-2017; 2017-12-05; Interview recorded: December 5 2017

Summary/Description : Gary talks about how Jackson Heights has changed over the years he has lived in the neighborhood. He says the neighborhood has gotten more homogenous. Little shops have been replaced by Starbucks and other expensive eateries while the population has shifted from mostly older folks to young business professionals.

Subject : Community organization; Neighborhoods; Gay activists

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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 a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 00:01:32

Identifier : aql:26213 gary-gilbert-clip1

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