Oral Histories & Stories

Individual stories of Greek immigrants β€” in their own words, or told by those who knew them.

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Postwar Migration

Little Athens on the East River: How Greeks Made Astoria Their Own

Astoria, Queens became the largest Greek community outside of Greece itself by the 1970s, a city within the city where the languag…

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Behind the Counter: The Greek Diners of New York City
Labor & Trades Β·1976

Behind the Counter: The Greek Diners of New York City

β€” Kay Zakariasen (Photographer) / Greek Diner Workers of New York, from Greece (various regions)

In 1976, photographer Kay Zakariasen walked into the Greek-owned diners of New York City with a camera and a notebook. What she fo…

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