{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/2b8v980c64/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Richard Khuzami Oral History"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 1:\u003c/strong\u003e Richard Khuzami has traveled internationally as part of his career in the shipping business.  He says he found everything he loved about traveling on a small scale in Astoria.  He tells the story of awaking to an Easter procession soon after moving to Astoria in the 1980's.  In the time he has lived in Astoria, it has gotten cleaner and more gentrified, with less litter in the streets.  Ethnically, it used to be Greek and Italian, but is now Middle Eastern, Balkan, Latin, Pakistani and Bangladeshi.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 2:\u003c/strong\u003e New York City Councilman Peter Vallone Sr. and Queens Borough President Claire Shulman appointed Richard Khuzami to Community Board 1 in Astoria / Long Island City in the late 1990s.  Later, he was appointed as Chairman of the Parks and Culture Committee and sits on the local Zoning Committee.  Richard was appointed to the Queens General Assembly in 2003.  He is excited about the progress he has seen in Astoria and Long Island City and mentions the Kaufman Astoria Studios, the Frank Sinatra School of the Performing Arts, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the new offices of the Queens Council on the Arts in Astoria, as well as rezoning and growth in the Long Island City and Queens Plaza areas.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 3:\u003c/strong\u003e Richard Khuzami explains the influences that have shaped him as a musician. 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