Author Archives: nataliemizrahi
Storefront Survivors / Raw Materials
Title: Grandpop’s Mom and Pop A Store That Once Was interview: Owners biography Ralph’s → grandpa named it after himself to take ownership of it Chambers street store — 1968 rented the store Building – two different stores … 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
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
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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
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B&I Uniforms
As I ran from store to store in the pouring rain I couldn’t help but get frustrated. Why won’t people take ten minutes out of their day to talk about their business with me? I began to lose hope … Continue reading
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nativists and immigrants
The Astor Place Riots is regarded as the first real clash between urban immigrants and the so called nativists, an anti-immigrant group known as the American Party. In 1830-1860 there was a wave of Irish and German Catholic immigration into … Continue reading
Ralph’s Discount City
As I walked down chambers street in Manhattan I couldn’t find what I was looking for. As I arrived at 95 and 97 chambers street I stared at condo buildings. A family of three was exiting the building talking about … Continue reading
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Immigrants and Americanization
Growing up, I attended a Jewish orthodox school for 12 years that promoted Judaism and aimed to preserve the Jewish culture. Therefore, I never really felt the pressure to be more American – I actually felt the opposite. This school … Continue reading
A window into the everyday life of a group of people
Both Mehta and Elick address the diversity and melting pots in Queens. However, Mehta takes a more general approach by first describing the diversity in Queens, while overviewing the different people who lived there throughout the ages. Whereas, Ellick takes … Continue reading
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who am I?
Hi, my name is Natalie Mizrahi. I was born and raised in midwood, Brooklyn. Since everyone always asks I might as well mention that I have not yet declared a major. My family origin is from Syria and I am … Continue reading
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