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Looking Forward, Looking Back: JH
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Jackson Heights By: Afroza Ahmed With more than half of its residents being immigrants, Jackson Heights is seen as one of the most diverse neighborhoods in all of New York today. The neighborhood is situated … Continue reading
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Featured on New York Originals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLwKonDqq8Y History of Neir’s Tavern: In its beginnings at 1829, Neir’s was called The Blue Pump Room and owned by Cadwallader R. Colden, manager of the famed Union Course Race Track. The famed horse track covered … Continue reading
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Curious about what Ji-hyun from Parson’s Flowers had said about the ratio of Chinese to Koreans had been 10 years ago, I went on Google Maps and compared the area around the business 10 years ago and now. As Ji-hyun had … Continue reading
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McSorley’s Old Ale House being the first pub to open in New York City has been around for quite a while compared to most businesses, since 1854 to be more specific. It has been passed along multiple generation since its … Continue reading
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In 1907, Joel Russ, a Jewish immigrant from Galicia, Poland, arrived in New York. He peddled schmaltz herring (Yiddish for herring caught just before spawning) for a living from a pushcart on Orchard Street. At the time, the Lower East Side was … Continue reading
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Khan’s Tutorial is tutoring center located on 73rd St in Jackson Heights. Jackson Heights is a hyper-diverse area, where immigrants from South and South East Asia, Latin America, and South America are landing. This diversity gives a business, like Khan’s … Continue reading
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Using the investigate NYC website, I found out that between 1936 to 1941 and then again in the 1980s, the Department of Finance took a picture of every building and house in every one of the five boroughs. I was … Continue reading
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
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
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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
