Article: “Ethnic Food? It’s a tour thing” by Clare Trapasso. Source:New York Daily News
Summary:
This article discusses the different types of food-eateries that have cropped up throughout Jackson Heights and how the differences in foods relates to the abundance of immigrants within the neighborhood. It then discusses how people are attempting to capitalize on the different cuisines. The methods of money-making off of this are numerous, but mostly people are turning to doing food tours of Jackson Heights. The tours help promote ethnic foods and also give people authentic foods. As Myra Alperson quotes in the article, “I’d rather take people to the neighborhoods where immigrants live, where they make the food and where they’re eating it.”
Daily News (New York), March 6, 2012 Tuesday, QUEENS NEWS; Pg. 6, 400 words, BY CLARE TRAPASSO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
“Art imitate life and life loved it” by Seth Kugel
Summary:
This article discusses the film Maria Full of Grace when it premiered in 2004 at a movie theater in Jackson Heights. The film, which follows a young pregnant Colombian woman on her pilgrimage as a drug mule to the United States, is set in the Colombian district of Jackson Heights. People who lived in Jackson Heights couldn’t help but notice the blurred edges between reality and art in the picture. Jackson Heights residents in little Colombia know that this is a thousand true stories rolled into one. The article also covers the people’s reactions to seeing real vendors in Jackson Heights; vendors like one old woman who sells wafers, appear in the movie. It also discusses how the movie brought attention to a man who can help with bringing people to and bringing bodies back to Colombia for burial. All in all, the article speaks of the lines that are drawn between the movie and how things really work.
The New York Times, July 25, 2004 Sunday, Section 14; Column 3; The City Weekly Desk; NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: JACKSON HEIGHTS; Pg. 5, 409 words, By SETH KUGEL
“Colombian Group’s Biz is commercial success it’s the voice of the community”
By Blanca M Qntanilla
September 6, 1995 Daily News
This article talks about how the Colombian businessmen were being unfairly targeted with sanitation fines. The businessmen are claiming harassment, saying that the fines (which can be as high as $2,500) are unfounded and not entirely their fault. After complaining to Humberto Suarez-Motta, the president of the Association of Colombo-American Entrepreneurs, it wasa said that the community board claimed there was no targeting involved and that the fines were deserved. The article then continues to speak of the rich Colombian heritage in the area, speaking of the density of Colombians in Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. There are many businesses along Roosevelt ave, northern blvd.,and other places that are contributing to the Colombians growing presence in Jackson Heights. That is why the Association of Colombo-American Entrepreneurs is going to give them a big leg up and help them protect themselves and their businesses.
Daily News (New York), September 06, 1995, Wednesday, 696 words, By BLANCA M. QUINTANILLA
