Monthly Archives: April 2017
Looking Forward, Looking Back at Bayside
Pesso’s Italian Ices is located in Bayside, Queens, a well known upper-middle class neighborhood. It’s been serving cold treats to residents in the neighborhood since 2004. After the owner, Gidon Pesso decided he wanted to make and serve ice cream, … Continue reading
Looking Forward, Looking Back
When speaking with Eric, the store manager of Court Pastry Shop, he particularly described an instance when a Black-American woman had come to the bakery to simply express her gratitude for the kindness and equity she was met with when … Continue reading
Looking Forward, Looking Back
When I sat down to research the history of the business, K.H Chong’s Martials Arts Academy, it was very difficult to find any relevant sources. Although the business was twenty-five years old, there weren’t any specific articles or blog posts … Continue reading
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Looking Forward, Looking Back – The History of Ralph’s
Ralph’s discount store, located on 95 chambers street, first opened in 1968. This store was owned by Ralph Mizrahi, who unfortunately passed away in March of 2016. All information gathered is from first hand stories that my grandfather Ralph Mizrahi … Continue reading
Court Street: Looking Forward, Looking Back
Walking along Court Street from the Borough Hall Station has become a part of my routine over the past few weeks. On my commute home, I have become familiar with this street as I am often found walking there to … Continue reading
Looking Forward, Looking Back
After completing the census tract of the area surrounding Bills Cyclery LLC, I had a couple questions I wanted answered going into this assignment. The first question is: Why was there a huge jump in diversity from 1970 to 1980? … Continue reading
Zooming out Zooming In (Shahdi)
The census data shows some very interesting trends about the area surrounding Bills Cyclery LLC in Jackson Heights. Currently, it is an extremely densely populated area with 82,742.5 people per square mile and is also very diverse with 38% of … Continue reading
Zooming in Zooming Out – Ralph’s
Ralph’s Discount City was a convenience store, located on Chambers street in New York. Eventually the store went out of business for many reasons primarily dealing with the fact that the neighborhood changed overtime and there wasn’t as many people … Continue reading
Your Story My Story – Silver Ring
My senior year of high school I joined a program called Witness Theater. This program allowed teenagers to meet with Holocaust survivors weekly and discuss their past and their journey to America. One of the members, Jack, told me about … Continue reading
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Bayside, Queens
Pesso’s Italian Ices is very well-known in the Bayside neighborhood. Although there are many surrounding ice cream chains like Baskin Robbins, which is only six blocks away, and Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices, which is a mile away, Pesso’s is the … Continue reading
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