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Hi, this is Agatha Moskal. Today is [April 11th 2024]. Today I'm interviewing Marie Nitopi for the first time. This interview is taking place via Zoom and this interview is part of the Queens Memory Project. So that being said, let's get started. Alright. So my first question to just get the ball rolling here is, what is a word or phrase that you would use to describe the community of Queens while you were growing up, and why?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=2.0,38.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: A great place to be and a great place to have my childhood there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=38.0,44.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Sure. What makes you think that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=44.0,48.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: So the neighborhood I lived in in Queens was just so much fun. We knew our neighbors. I lived in a house in a middle class neighborhood on a very quiet street. And the best thing about Queens when I was a kid was being able to go around the corner and always have a friend to play with. No matter what time of day, you'd always have somebody. There would always be a friend and there would always be a neighbor to watch out for us.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=48.0,79.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: That's a great experience. And are you comfortable sharing where in Queens you lived?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=79.0,85.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: I lived in Flushing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=85.0,87.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Flushing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=87.0,88.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Flushing, Fresh Meadows. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=88.0,91.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Sure. And could you give a little more information about the area, like a description?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=91.0,98.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: So it was pretty much one family homes. As I said, the streets were very quiet, middle class, everyone was pretty much either blue collar or white collar workers. Lots of young families. I'm guessing it was sort of diverse. I remember having quite a number of Jewish neighbors at the time. Most of us kids either went to the public school, which was three or four blocks away, or to the Catholic school, which was about a mile away. It was, like I said, very residential. There was a main street, 164th Street, where there were a couple of stores. You'd have a grocery store, a barber shop, a shoe repair, pretty much all that you needed. And the bus stop was about five or six blocks away. So if you wanted to travel to any other parts of Queens, you'd get that bus right over there on 164th Street.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=98.0,166.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Sure. And did you ever venture off to the other areas of Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=166.0,171.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: I did. So the best part was that when I was a little older, I guess about 12 or 13, I was permitted to go on the bus and take that to downtown Main Street, which was the heart of Flushing. So my girlfriend and I, we would go shopping and that would just be the best thing to do when you were a kid. There were big department stores. There was a Woolworth's there. There was—let me think—Gertz. There was Thom McAn shoes. And then we could treat ourselves to a slice of pizza. It was just a great place to just go shopping. And if I didn't go with my girlfriend, my mom used to drive us there and that was where we'd do most of our shopping.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=171.0,222.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: That sounds like a great time. And what age would you say about you started using the buses and public transportation on your own?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=222.0,229.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: So probably around I would say 12 or 13. I'm trying to think back. That was a long time ago [laughs]. Things were a lot different then and the subways were—not the subways, I didn't take the subway on my own. The buses were very safe. And, yeah, between 12 to 14 years old, I started taking the bus. I also was able to walk to the other shopping center, which was Fresh Meadows. That was really, really great experience because to be able to walk by yourself with your girlfriend. We never went to Bloomingdale's because we couldn't afford it, but Bloomingdale's was there. And Woolworth's, that was the place to go because you could just get anything in Woolworth's. And there was a Singer store as well, Singer sewing machines. And I was enrolled—and I know I was 12 years old—I was enrolled to take a sewing machine class and I learned how to sew a dress. So it was a very, very nice community, that the community supported us making those dresses for ourselves because we put on a fashion show right in—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=229.0,308.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Amazing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=308.0,310.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: —in one of the—I can't remember the place, but right next door to Singer. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=310.0,317.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: That's very cool. So you would say the community was nurturing to you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=317.0,322.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yes, definitely nurturing. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=322.0,324.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Great. And as you lived in Queens and in that area, did you notice anything with the transportation becoming less safe? Or was there ever a period of time where you were uneasy taking public transportation compared to when you were younger and you said that it was pretty safe?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=324.0,346.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: So as I got older, I of course raised my family in Queens and I didn't use public transportation that much because I could drive. So that was the best thing is to be able to drive and be able to park in a parking lot. So to comment on public transportation, as I got older, I rarely used it, except when I went—then later on, well, let's say when I went to work, when I started working and I worked in Manhattan. So that was quite different because I needed to take the subway. Before that, as a kid, I didn't take the subway by myself because it wasn't that close.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=346.0,394.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Right. And what did you do for work in Manhattan?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=394.0,397.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: So I worked at New York Life Insurance Company after I graduated two years from high school—two years, let me put it back, I went two years to college and got a job at New York Life Insurance Company. So I was really young, and I will say that the subways at that time were not very safe.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=397.0,419.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Not safe?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=419.0,419.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: There was a lot of things going on in the subways. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=419.0,424.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: So compared to now, would you say that the subways have become a more safe or less?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=424.0,433.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Let's say after I stopped working and—I would say in the nineties the subways got very safe. I wasn't working in the city at that point. So for about 20 years, the nineties, they were very safe. I'm going to say now, they're not as safe as they were in the nineties, but they're not as bad as they were in the seventies. That's my perception. I think the media is just making a big hype about it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=433.0,463.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Right, I see. And that makes sense for there to be ups and downs in the [crosstalk]—any place, really. So let's backtrack a little bit. Can you tell me a little bit more about your education throughout the years? If you wouldn't mind naming the schools you attended in Queens and how that experience was for you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=463.0,485.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Sure. So like I said, I went to the Catholic elementary school, Holy Family School, which is not that far from St. John's University. I spent eight years there. And then I went on to Bishop Reilly High School, which no longer exists, which is also in Queens, which was a short couple of miles away from my home right on Horace Harding [Expressway] and Francis Lewis Boulevard. It's now St. Francis Prep [Saint Francis Preparatory School]. I actually was the last graduating class from Bishop Reilly High School. So we're still pretty proud of it, and we're going to celebrate our 50th reunion unbelievably this year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=485.0,528.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: And I did take the bus to high school. However, my mother drove me to elementary school. And the bus was very—we all took the bus, just the thing that you did, except for the fact that it would be so crowded because everybody was coming home from school at that time. And I then went to two years to Queensborough Community College. Again, very close to my house in Queens, and I spent two years there. Again, took the bus there. 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Did you feel like you had a good support system in Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=567.0,592.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: In my high school—definitely in both schools, in my elementary school and high school, I did feel very comfortable. Always great teachers. The friendships, for example, elementary school lasted through—because it was very small—lasted through the eight years. Some of us from elementary school then went on to Bishop Reilly. The teachers were great always. And the fact that my elementary school was connected to my church, so I was able to get very involved with things at church too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=592.0,632.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Great. So you were pretty involved in the community through your church. Was there any other extracurriculars that you did that involved you in the community?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=632.0,641.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Not really that much, given the fact that I was busy with school. I didn't really put too much time into doing anything extracurricular. I did some things at high school. I would stay after school for the cultural club or—I can't even remember some of the clubs I joined, a few of them, but not too many. No, I'm the oldest of four children. 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But taking care of your siblings, you were the oldest of four, you said?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=679.0,686.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=686.0,687.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: So was that kind of a big responsibility for you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=687.0,692.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yeah, so I recall when my younger sister was born, I was nine years old, so mom was like, asked me to change her diaper or feed her or put her down for a nap. Or, you're going around the corner to visit your friends, put your sister in the stroller, she'd like to come with you. And I guess I was maybe more like ten, ten or eleven years old. So that's kind of young to be responsible for a two-year-old, but we did it at that time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=692.0,728.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Right. Yeah, times definitely are different now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=728.0,730.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=730.0,734.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: So do you think that the community itself has changed from now till then? You mentioned that you raised your family in Queens. Do you think that that same kind of support system in the neighborhood and community was similar for your children when they were growing up in Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=734.0,751.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yeah, so we lived in a different part of Flushing and they went to the local public school, which was right across the street. That's when I got more involved with doing things because my children were in school. And that was very, very supportive. Given the fact that I went to Catholic elementary school, I made the decision to have my children go to public school for various reasons, because I thought that they would—I really wanted them to get more involved in the diversity because at that time things were, you know, Queens was becoming definitely more diverse. And the school was right across the street and they had a really great experience. Their [elementary school], up to sixth grade, they had a very good experience. I got involved, we did lots of things together with the parents' association, the children did a lot of things, their teachers were great. So they had a very good experience in elementary school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=751.0,818.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: That's great. So did your children do any sports or what extracurricular types were they involved in?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=818.0,824.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: So yeah, my son was in baseball. And my daughter took, both daughters, they weren't too sports oriented, although they did try softball, but they really liked dance. So there was a local dance studio right down the block, a couple of blocks away, that they went to for years. Again, in that neighborhood, that was part of the little shopping center that was just about five or six blocks away.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=824.0,860.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: So it was pretty convenient to have the community and all the local shops walking distance or just a bus right away.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=860.0,867.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=867.0,870.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: And do you think that—you mentioned there was a lot of diversity coming in—do you think that from then to now the Queens community has grown in a big way or was it kind of not as significant?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=870.0,889.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: So as I mentioned, I moved from there ten years ago, mainly for the reason that when I sold my house, I couldn't afford to buy another house because everybody wants to live in Queens. But yes, when I visit the old neighborhood, I do see it's definitely much more diverse. Lots of people from different parts of the world live there. In addition, I will say that a lot of those small homes have become mini mansions. I regret to say that my own home, my own childhood home has been torn down. So that makes me a little sad that happened. So I don't know what's going to go there. But it's definitely diverse. Downtown Flushing, where I used to go all the time, is now a great community, Asian community. I believe, I don't know if it's Korean, Chinese, but it's a great place to go if you want Asian food for sure. It's changed since when I was there because there were a few Asian stores, but not like today.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=889.0,964.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Sure. And do you mind sharing your ethnicity?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=964.0,968.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Italian. But both my parents were not immigrants, so—not even my grandmother was an immigrant—so I guess I have a little bit of disconnect from my ethnicity.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=968.0,985.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: As you were growing up, and then as your kids were growing up, do you think that there was—were your kids friends with more children that were coming from outside of Queens versus the people that you were friends with growing up, being from Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=985.0,1003.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yeah, their friends were—well, because they went to school in Queens, so yeah, their friends were all from Queens. But unlike my background where everybody was either Irish, Italian and went to the Catholic school or Jewish and went to the public school, they had friends that were from all different cultures. Jewish, Asian, Hispanic, you name—Irish, Italian. Their friends were very diverse.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1003.0,1038.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: So it became more diverse when you were young to the point where your children were growing up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1038.0,1044.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1044.0,1045.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: And I do remember you telling me last semester that you attended St. John's [University] yourself. Is that correct?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1045.0,1054.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: I did. So my road to St. John's was very different. So being the fact that I grew up only a mile away from St. John's University and everyone I went to school with in elementary school, their goal in eighth grade was to one day go to St. John's University. However, my parents not being very knowledgeable about higher education—I really wanted to go to St. John's cuz everyone was going there—but my parents were like, no, no, no. We can't afford it. And even to the fact that it was like, the best is that you go work. You need to get a job. I battled that and I went two years to Queensborough.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1054.0,1104.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: So I got to St. John's in a roundabout way. When I was raising my family, my three children were in school, my youngest was seven, I needed to go back to work. I was a stay-at-home mother, which was really very convenient. But when, I had three children, the youngest six, I had to go back to work cuz my husband lost his job. So the parish that I belonged to, in their bulletin it said that St. John's was looking for a part-time bookkeeper. And my mom said, go look at this job. Go there. So I did and I interviewed and I got the job and it was part-time and I advanced to full-time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1104.0,1147.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: So once I was full-time, I was like, one of the benefits of being an employee is to get an education. So I enrolled in sociology, social science, at the time it was St. Vincent's College. And I took a class one by one, and I eventually got my bachelor's degree. And that was always my goal from when I was young. So I was very satisfied that I got my bachelor's. However, I was inspired by many people that I worked with to continue. And the story is I continued with my master's and then continued with my doctorate.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1147.0,1190.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: That is a great accomplishment. Congratulations.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1190.0,1193.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1193.0,1194.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: That is amazing. And this was while you already had your three children?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1194.0,1200.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yes. So I raised my three children while I went to school and worked full time. My daughter and I would sit—my youngest daughter, of course, she was older—we would sit at the kitchen table and do homework together. My son eventually enrolled at St. John's, and I was very proud of the fact that I got my bachelor's the year before he did. So we were students at the same time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1200.0,1228.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: That is incredible and very inspiring. So would you say that, talking about the size of Queens and how that has grown from—I know you kind of attended St. John's in not the most traditional sense, but how have you noticed the St. John's community grow and the school itself kind of evolve?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1228.0,1258.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: St. John's has definitely grown. I was employed there for 30 years before my retirement. So it's grown in various ways. Definitely more diverse. Definitely a diverse faculty, diverse staff, diverse students. More majors being offered. The fact that service learning is an integral part of education at St. John's. [It] was not when I was an undergraduate, so it's become pretty much required as an undergraduate now. The fact that the Vincentian mission is very prominent. When I started, it was mentioned, but as the years went on, a lot of programs to educate employees and students about the Vincentian mission came about. And that's a major change, and like I said, the fact of service I see as a major change.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1258.0,1327.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: And you said that you moved from Queens to Long Island ten years ago, correct?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1327.0,1335.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yeah, actually 11 years now. Going to be 11. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1335.0,1339.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: And you were still working at St. John's during that, correct?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1339.0,1344.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1344.0,1345.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: So how was the commute from Long Island to Queens and all of that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1345.0,1349.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: [laughs] The commute was horrendous. Yes. It was just something—I knew that the commute would be bad. I didn't know it would be that bad, but I just dealt with it. Yeah, because taking the Long Island Rail Road was not an option and it was just getting on that Northern State [Parkway] or the LIE [Long Island Expressway] and getting into work. I would ease it off by listening to books on CD.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1349.0,1382.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: And why did you choose to move to Long Island?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1382.0,1387.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: As I mentioned, I had to sell my house in Queens for various reasons. Marriage just ended at one point, and I couldn't afford to maintain that—well, I had to sell it. So I rented for a couple of years and always with the idea that I wanted to buy either a co-op or a home of my own. And I rented for I guess maybe eight or nine years and finally said, \"That's it. I need my own home.\" As I started looking in Queens, I knew I couldn't afford anything, a house. So I started looking at co-ops, and while I could afford a co-op, I compared to the fact that the co-op that I would be buying in Queens was not that much less than a house I could buy on Long Island. And that was my reason to move out there. And my other reason was that my son moved out to Smithtown and I was now a grandma and I would be closer to my grandchild, who's now 12 years old.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1387.0,1459.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Those are very valid reasons, definitely. All right. And just to kind of give a summary of everything that we've talked about, your overall experience living in Queens. Our first question, you said that it was great growing up there and everything. And would you say that you would recommend living in Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1459.0,1486.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: I do recommend living in Queens. I don't know too much about the other neighborhoods. My own daughter still lives in Queens. She loves it. She has a co-op in Queens. Where she is, she has a strong sense of community. So moving into Queens, I would suggest you find a place where there's a strong sense of community because that's what I experienced growing up. So yeah, I would recommend it. However, I don't—the houses are a lot more expensive than they were in my day [laughs], and I get it because it's an ideal place to live because you don't have to do that commute.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1486.0,1531.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Yeah, probably the most suburban of the boroughs of—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1531.0,1536.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yeah, definitely.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1536.0,1539.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: And are there any last notes that you'd like to share? Anything else? Any fun facts?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1539.0,1544.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: I want to say that—I should have said this in the beginning. So one of the things I miss about Queens is the diverse food stores that I could buy anything I want. Here on Long Island, you go to Stop and Shop or ShopRite and everything's the same, but in Queens you could get anything you want to make any kind of ethnic dish anytime of day. So I miss that. I truly miss that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1544.0,1574.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: And did that develop as you grew up—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1574.0,1577.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1577.0,1578.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: —or [was] it always there kind of?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1578.0,1580.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Definitely as I grew up and, you know, not as a child because I didn't know the difference. Mom cooked for us [laughs]. But once I started cooking on my own, and now especially that I'm retired, I like to try new things, but I'd have to get into Queens to get those good ingredients.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1580.0,1602.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Right. Well, thank you so much for sharing your story.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1602.0,1607.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Oh, you're very welcome.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1607.0,1609.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Agatha Moskal: Very interesting and inspiring. I'm going to end the interview here and thank you again.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1609.0,1616.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018/transcript/81359/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Marie Nitopi: Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/150732/file/278018#t=1616.0,1619.48"}]}]}]}