Category Archives: Oral History #1
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
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K-Town and Capitalism
Koreatown bustles day by day with tourists, native New Yorkers and Koreans. They fill the block with their merry voices and the businesses with money from their wallets. It is an every way a paradigm for American capitalism. My friend … Continue reading
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The Beauty of K-Town: Besfren
Korea “Town” happens to be a narrow street on 32nd Street, stretching from 5th to 6th Avenue, and yet those two to three sidewalks are jam packed with over fifty prominent small businesses. Everything you would ever want for a … Continue reading
Oral History #1
The second storefront business I interviewed was The Museum of the American Gangster. The museum is at 80 St Marks Place in the East Village. The village has always appealed to me as being a very diverse and interesting neighborhood … Continue reading
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Neir’s Tavern: The Most Famous Bar You’ve Never Heard Of
A black-and-white-striped awning hangs over the corner of the sidewalk at 87-48 78th Street. The same awning has distinguished this restaurant in its 187 years of history — arguably, the longest for any New York City restaurant in history. If … Continue reading
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Hunter Deli
If you’re a Hunter College student, you may know the Hunter Deli. Located a few blocks away from Hunter on Lexington, it is a cozy deli bustling with customers and employees during lunch hours. As soon as I walked in, … Continue reading
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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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Khan’s Tutorial
When we were trying to pick a neighborhood to investigate, Shahdi brought up Jackson Heights. I had never been to Jackson Heights, but I knew of a few people who had family in Jackson Heights. My initial observation of Jackson … Continue reading
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A Heavy Hat to Bear
If you walked down E 10th St in a hurry, your eyes might slide from charming apartment building to charming apartment building and completely miss The Millinery Shop. After all, Noah and I nearly did, even though at that point … Continue reading
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Istanbul
It was freezing on March 5th in Brooklyn, and after walking to restaurant to restaurant and being turned down for interviews one after the other, my partner Amanda and I were ecstatic even when one restaurant’s employee told us to … Continue reading
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