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7. 02/20/13, 05:00 am
Says: "Hi Leslie,
Thanks so much for your nice comment. I'm glad you enjoy reading my posts.
Best,
Lisa"
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6. 02/20/13, 04:57 am
Says: "Hi Professor G,
Sorry it's taken me so long to respond; it's been a crazy week at work.
I'm sorry I can't be much help regarding my family history; unfortunately most of the people that could answer your questions are dead! My great-grandparents first came to New York from Italy and settled in what I believe is now Spanish Harlem. (When I was little, my paternal grandparents still lived there, I remember my mom telling me we were going to visit "Nanny 'a-hun sixteen street' (116 street.)" My maternal grandparents had already moved to Throggs Neck. I asked my mom why my grandfather chose Throggs Neck and she shrugged and said my Aunt Lily (my grandmother's sister) had moved there, and my grandmother & grandfather soon followed suit. "The family always stayed together," she said simply. And that is true, my grandmother had four siblings; they all lived in various parts of the Bronx or nearby (Yonkers.) I can only guess that housing was cheap and plentiful. I remember in the early 70's we weren't allowed to play across the street from my grandparents house as there was a huge vacant lot there, full of trash and broken glass, etc. It was a majorly big deal when it was finally cleared away and new housing sprung up. I know when my grandfather bought his home in Throggs Neck in the 1960's he paid roughly $25,000 for it; when my mom sold that house in 2006 it went for $375,000!"
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5. 02/13/13, 03:55 am
Says: "Hello Lisa,
I really enjoy reading your post. You make story telling look so easy, but then again thats what you do.
Great Post!
Leslie
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4. 02/10/13, 11:06 pm
Says: "Lisa,
Thanks for the great post and the pictures. That is a quite amazing story about a simple query. I am really intersted in terms of my own research about the Bronx how you or your family ended up where you are now. Where did they live when they first migrated and why did they move around? Also - yes, we have to understand why people are so mad at immigrants - how and why do problems concerning global political economy get pinned on brown skinned migrants? As we build a historical narrative around immigration I hope we can answer this question!"
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3. 02/09/13, 03:44 am
Says: "Hi Lisa,
Very thoughtful post. Even though the phrase "Why can't we all get along?" can sometimes sound corny it is actually a really great question to stop and think about. As Filipino American growing up in the United States, I have always thought that immigrants were welcomed with open arms. Yet sometimes it seems quit the opposite especially when people complain about immigrants/foreigners taking up all the jobs. It really is a great question to think about, thanks for bringing it up, before reading this post I never really thought about it in the way that you explained.
Edelson Flores "
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