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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0003-accs
  • Summary(0:00) High school, fear of walking nights in East New York -- (1:05) Decline of East New York -- (1:53) Supermarkets and 'superette' grocery stores in the 1950s -- (4:25) Neighborhood today -- (6:03) Further neighborhood decline -- (7:00) Impact of drugs on the neighborhood -- (8:56) Father's work as tax auditor for the State of New York -- (11:04) World War II and the great depression -- (12:50) Trend of living in row houses owned by grandparents -- (14:45) Gold Star parents -- (15:47) Hopes for the future of East New York.
  • Date2015-07-28
  • Physical Description1 sound file (17 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorMoskowitz, Harold
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on July 28, 2015, by Brian Hasbrouck at New Lots Library. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectSupermarkets ; Nineteen fifties ; Shrinking cities ; Poverty--United States ; Drugs & society (New York, N.Y.) ; Tax auditing--United States ; Landlord and tenant--New York (State) ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Great Depression ; Veterans' families ; Home ownership ; Extended families
  • PlaceEast New York (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Harold Moskowitz conducted on 2015 July 28.