My name is Joseph Szpigiel, and I helped worked on the restaurant guide, the demographics homepage, and the occupations page for the website. My favorite part of our group research was our interview with the Lemon Ice King. They were just so friendly and willing to help in any way. To me, that was what really personifies Corona.
About this Site
This semester, Macaulay Honors students in Professor Vellon's "Peopling of New York" course studied Corona, Queens, one of the world's most diverse neighborhoods.
The students read ethnographic and historical works about the area, took a walking tour and returned to the neighborhood to take pictures, speak to local residents and learn more about the neighborhoods history, institutions, and everyday life.
This website is the final product of this research. It is meant to share some of Corona's history, through its changing food traditions, changing demographics, and changing religious, cultural and recreational institutions and to serve as a guide to contemporary Corona, mapping many of the community resources.
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