Authors: Alan Stark interviewed by Jacqueline Colson

Date: Time Period: 1960s

Subject: Racism | Religion

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:25398

Description: Everyone got along before the Civil Right Era, there was no big deal internally. As he got older, he understood that people were not treated right on the outside and things had to change. Pomonok was ... More

Authors: Alan Stark interviewed by Jacqueline Colson

Date: Time Period: 1950-2000

Subject: Public housing | Amusements

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:25402

Description: Pomonok was an interesting place to grow up for a lot of different reasons: making lifelong friends, families getting togethe, and neighbors spending time together. Families looked out for each other. ... More

Authors: Alan Stark interviewed by Jacqueline Colson

Date: Time Period: 1950-2000

Subject: Public housing | Environmental quality | New York City Housing Authority

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:25408

Description: Pomonok was public housing project, funded by the New York City Housing Authority, but the children including Alan did not know what that meant. Pomonok was a clean and nice place to live. The mainten ... More

Authors: Alan Stark interviewed by Jacqueline Colson

Date: Time Period: 1950-2000

Subject: Public housing | Amusements | Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet) | Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 | Starr, Mike, 1966-2011 | New York City Housing Authority | New York (N.Y.). Department of Youth and Community Development

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:25407

Description: Alan was born on the Lower East Side of New York, on Montgomery Street. He moved to the Pomonok Houses in Flushing Queens, when he was three years old. He lived in the Pomonok Houses until he was in h ... More