Author Archives: airmarches
Storefront Survivors / Raw Materials
Possible Title: The Language of Business in Bayside Storefront Pictures All transcripts and notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLt7YulxxKE I like three quotes: “When you start a business, you have to really want it 110% or don’t bother with it.” -Michael Lau (MJ88) … Continue reading
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Looking Forward, Looking Back: The Area of MJ88 and K.H. Chung’s Martial Arts Academy
I think the most interesting thought that I came across in my research was the talk about the prominence of ethnicity and language in businesses. I already know that many of the businesses on K.H. Chong’s Martial Arts Academy and … Continue reading
Zooming In Zooming Out
I looked to see if the population had two or more races to determine how diverse the area was. I heard that the Michael Lau’s pharmacy got mostly Asian (specifically Korean and Chinese) customers. Thus, I wanted to understand how … Continue reading
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Enclaves, Eyesores, and the Willets Point Repair Shop Response -Ariane Marchese
The government is there to represent the people and act according to its needs. Thus, it does have a responsibility to protect the poorest and dirtiest of parts of the region and the people residing in them. The Willets Point proposal … Continue reading
Your Story Our Story Assignment
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Reading Response (Ariane Marchese)
Gabbacia’s writing describes the history and the evolution of food and what people believe we should eat in America. With that in mind, America is a country of immigrants and to exclude their dishes, as native born Americans did in … Continue reading
Oral History #2
It was another Saturday afternoon and Fariha and I decided to go to Horace Harding Expressway for our interviews. I contacted some family friends and we were able to get interviews from my Master Chung of K.H. Chung’s Tae Kwon … Continue reading
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Reading Response for Week 6 -Ariane Marchese
The causes of the riot had to deal with growing tension between the Irish, German, and Catholic immigrants and nativists. As immigrants started to become more apparent, nativists felt more threatened that America would not be America anymore. They found … Continue reading
An Interview With Qbedding
Fariha and I were not expecting to go to Qbedding. Our itinerary comprised mostly cafes and bakeries. Unfortunately, they all were unavailable for an interview. The answer was either the manager wasn’t there (and the employees seemed too uncomfortable to … Continue reading
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Reading Response to Sweatshop Articles-Ariane Marchese
Gordon’s article really stood out to me as it said immigrants are forced to become “American” but use “immigrant colonies” to adjust to American life and culture at their own pace. As a child of immigrants (one is Cuban and … Continue reading
