7 Nīnau: Kuiniʻo Borough Historian Jack Eichenbaum

Ua hoʻopoina pahaʻo Queens Borough Historianʻo Dr. Jack Eichenbaum i nā mea'ē aʻe no Queens a me kona moʻaukala ma mua o kaʻu eʻike ai. E mālamaʻo'Eichenbaum iā Ph.D. ma ke kulanui o nā kaiāulu (Ke Kulanui o Michigan, 1972) a he mea nānā i ka nānā aku i New York City a me nā kūlanakauhale nui'ē aʻe o ka honua. Ua kohoʻiaʻo iaʻo Kuini Borough Historian i ka makahiki 2010. Ua alakaʻiʻo ia i nā huakaʻi hele a puni ka makahiki, e like me kāna hōʻailona hōʻailonaʻo New World o ka Number 7 Train, kahi e hana ai i ka lāʻApelila 10, mai 10 am a hiki i ka 5:30 pmʻO kēia papahanaʻeono ke hele a me ka hoʻohuiʻana i nā kaʻa ma kahiʻoihana kaʻahana nui e nānā i ka mea a 7 train i hana ai i nā kaiāulu a me nā mea i hoʻopuniʻia mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai i ka lawelawe i ka makahiki 1914. Hoʻopili ka huakaʻiʻo Hudson Yards, ka Long Island Coastline, Flushing West, ka Iron Triangle, North Corona, a me Woodside-Jackson Heights. He $ 45 nā huakaʻi hele, no ka mālamaʻana i kahi wahi i ka lā kipaʻo 718-961-8406. Mahalo wau no ka hiki iā ia ke hoʻolālā i ka manawa mai kāna papa hana wikiwiki e pane i nā nīnau 7.

He aha kaʻaoʻao o Queens e noho neiʻoe i loko a pehea ka lōʻihi o kou nohoʻana i laila?
Ua noho wau ma ke kahua kaulanaʻo Bowne ma waenakonu o Flushing no nā makahiki 38 i hala. Akā, ua hānau au ma Flushing a ua ulu ma Bayside no 20 mau makahiki. Ua hele au he 13 makahiki ma nā moku'āinaʻehā'ē aʻe a meʻekolu mau'āina'ē aʻe ma New York City, ke kapa mau nei au i ka homeʻo Queens.

He aha kāu mau mea punahele no ka nohoʻana ma kou kaiāulu?
ʻO nā kumulāʻau, kaʻoluʻolu i nāʻano likeʻole o ka holoʻana o ke aupuni,ʻo ka meaʻai'Asia.

E like me kouʻike e pili ana mākou i ke aloha i nā mea kanuʻo Asia. He aha kāu mea punahele a me nā haleʻaina?
Makemake wau e loaʻa nā pulupulu pupuhi ma A Taste o Shanghai aiʻole Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao i loko o Flushing. Ke hauʻoli nei au i nā dosai (Indian crepes) ma Dosa Hutt ma Flushing a me Dosa Delight ma Jackson Heights. ʻO Flushing kahi homeʻo Fu Run, e lawelawe ana i ke keiki hipa Muslim, kahi iʻokiʻia, he keiki hipa. A i koʻu nohoʻana i Jackson Heights, makemake wau e loaʻa i ka moa kilina Korean i kahiʻaʻole iʻikeʻiaʻo Flying Chickens.

He aha kāu e like me Queens Borough Historian?
Hoʻopuka wau i nā nīnau mai ka papahana a me ka lehulehu. Ke hele nei au i nā huakaʻi he nui i ka nānā aku i ka moʻolelo o nā mōʻaukala o Queens. Kākau wau i nāʻatikala no ka pepa palapala Pelekane Historical Society o Queens.

E haʻi mai iaʻu e pili ana i ka huakaʻi o kēia Lāpule?
Ke alakaʻi nei wau i nā holo hele / holo ma ke kālapa Number 7 no nā makahiki he 15.

Me ke keʻena hou ma 34 St / Hudson Yards ua hoʻoponopono hou au i ka huakaʻi. Ua nui nā loli i hala koke aku ma ke alanui.

He aha kāu mea punahele e hana ai ma Queens?
Makemake au e hele aʻai i nā kaiāulu malihini hou. ʻIke au i kaʻikeʻana i keʻano ma Queens 'mau mākele a me nā kahakai.

Aia keʻano o ka hoʻololi a me ka hoʻoikaikaʻana o ke kaiāulu o Flushing. Pehea kou manaʻo e pili ana i kēlā kaiāulu?
ʻEkolu mau kahua nui i kūkuluʻia e hoʻokomo i nā papaʻelua i kēia manawa. ʻO nā mea nui loa o'Asia eʻike nei i ka hoʻolālāʻana i nā makahiki 20 i hala aku nei, e hoʻohālikeʻia paha e nā poʻe malihini a me nāʻohana kahiki e like me nā kumukū hale i nā Keʻena o ka Pākīpika Komohana.