Author Archives: Nicole Rakhmanova
Storefront Survivors / Raw Materials
Potential Title: Bluestockings: The Radical Safe Space Featured Image: (from Bluestockings website, will be credited in final post) Audio File: Two Pull Quotes (Prospective): “There’s this common misunderstanding, especially among the radical left community, that you’re not doing something unless … Continue reading
Posted in Oral History #1, Research Resources
Tagged Storefront Survivors / Raw Materials
Leave a comment
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Bluestockings
Bluestockings bookstore was opened relatively recently, in 1999. It is a feminist bookstore with an intersectional scope. Bluestockings was actually named after the Blue Stockings Society, which was an English movement to promote female authorship and literary advancement in the mid-18th … Continue reading
Posted in Research Resources
Leave a comment
Zooming Out, Zooming In
Blue Stockings is located at 172 Allen Street on the Lower East Side. Using Social Explorer, I looked into the demographics of the Lower East Side, and specifically, of Census Tract 30.01 where Blue Stockings is located. In the census … Continue reading
Week 10 Reading: Ethnic Enclaves and their Safety
A common concern of urban residents is just how involved the government should be in small, established communities. Ethnic enclaves are examples of one such community. In Willet’s Point, the government will likely improve infrastructure, but the small business owners … Continue reading
Your Story, Our Stories – Narde from Azerbaijan
http://yourstory.tenement.org/artifacts/narde-from-azerbaijan – Nicole Rakhmanova
Posted in Uncategorized, Your Story Our Story
Leave a comment
“American Food” and where to find it
In “Food Fights and American Values,” Gabbacia elaborates on how ethnic food was accepted as part of the American diet. I would argue that “American” food is metamorphosing continuously. Americans came from calling American food corn to baked beans to … Continue reading
Oral History #2
On the Lower East Side, a hidden gem lies at 177 East Houston street. Named Army & Navy Bags, it is different than the cafés and delis nearby. The ambience of the Lower East Side is very evidently upper class … Continue reading
Posted in Oral History #2
Leave a comment
Oral History #1
Walking down the streets on the Lower East Side, Juan and I walked by several cafes, some Jewish bakeries and delis, a few grocery stores and liquor shops, a fur and leather outlet, several clothing stores, and a wide myriad … Continue reading
Posted in Oral History #1
Leave a comment
The Dead Rabbits Riot
The Dead Rabbits Riot was what erupted into a gang fight in 1857 between the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys. Based on the movie clips from Gangs of New York, it seemed to be extremely violent. The New York … Continue reading
Sweatshop Assimilation
Of the four readings this week, Milton Gordon’s “The Nature of Assimilation” and Jacob Riis’ “Jewtown” left a mark on me. Jacob Riis seems ignorant of the act that the circumstances in sweatshops are bred as immigrants struggle to make ends … Continue reading
