{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/9k45q4sd16/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Rebecca Rushfield 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 Long-time resident Rebecca Rushfield discusses changes she has witnessed in Kew Gardens since growing up there in the 1950's. She also explains the purpose and effects of the eruv for the local Jewish community.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 2:\u003c/strong\u003e Rebecca Rushfield has lived 56 years in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens.  She began venturing into \"the city\" (Manhattan) with friends to shop, visit museums and parks, during her teenage years.  Today, she observes a sharp divide between her family life in Queens and her professional life in the city.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRebecca Rushfield lived in Kew Gardens, Flushing New York for 56 years and she lives with her husband and two sons. Although Kew Gardens is a subdivision of Flushing, Rebecca considers Kew Gardens to be a family neighborhood. She mentions that her neighborhood was boring for a while, until the Queens College started building up. The campus brought some activities and life to the neighborhood. Actually more people from the weekend college classes increase the flow of traffic. With this change, it also changes the community. She lives in an apartment building that went Co-op in 1980, which once were all predominantly Jewish families. Now she finds that her neighborhood is gradually changing like other parts of Flushing neighborhoods. The boundaries included her apartment building with Asian families moving in. They are also able to purchase apartments through the Real Estate agent; the rules changed when it came time to purchasing within the building. A tenant would never sublet the apartment. Years ago a person would sell the apartment back to the building not to an agent. Just like the houses in the neighborhood, small houses went for astronomical prices and new owners rebuilt larger houses on the same lots. The Jewish communities live closer to the synagogue that also makes homes’ prices go up. The stores on Main Street, always provides for the Orthodox Jewish community; everything one needed was purchase in the stores on Main Street. None of the Asian stores made it to Main Street, except for one Afghanistan Restaurant. Growing up for Rebecca in Kew Gardens allowed her to adventure out more not like today unable to travel much. She says, “We were able to become more acquainted with the neighborhood, crossing the streets, and leaving doors unlocked.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHaving a synagogue in the community was considered too be safety place. A Jewish family was able to carry out of “ones personal domain.” The Jewish community built a construction call “Eruv,” which made it easier and safer for all the Orthodox Jewish communities. This brought unity during the Sabbath. There are many memories of the old Jewish community, but now there are also so many changes among the community. Although there is not too much to do, Kew Gardens is still a nice place to live. As long as there are mechanism to get you around: to go shopping, to the Queens Museum or to a close park Kew Gardens, Flushing provides a little urban and suburban, tree lined streets and a College campus. 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She mentions that her neighborhood was boring for a while, until the Queens College started building up. The campus brought some activities and life to the neighborhood. Actually more people from the weekend college classes increase the flow of traffic. With this change, it also changes the community. She lives in an apartment building that went Co-op in 1980, which once were all predominantly Jewish families. Now she finds that her neighborhood is gradually changing like other parts of Flushing neighborhoods. The boundaries included her apartment building with Asian families moving in. They are also able to purchase apartments through the Real Estate agent; the rules changed when it came time to purchasing within the building. A tenant would never sublet the apartment. Years ago a person would sell the apartment back to the building not to an agent. Just like the houses in the neighborhood, small houses went for astronomical prices and new owners rebuilt larger houses on the same lots. The Jewish communities live closer to the synagogue that also makes homes\u0026rsquo; prices go up. The stores on Main Street, always provides for the Orthodox Jewish community; everything one needed was purchase in the stores on Main Street. None of the Asian stores made it to Main Street, except for one Afghanistan Restaurant. Growing up for Rebecca in Kew Gardens allowed her to adventure out more not like today unable to travel much. She says, \u0026ldquo;We were able to become more acquainted with the neighborhood, crossing the streets, and leaving doors unlocked.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHaving a synagogue in the community was considered too be safety place. 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