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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…
Behind the Counter: The Greek Diners of New York City
— 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…
The Closed Door: Greeks, the 1924 Immigration Act, and the Ship Jumpers
— Greek Immigrants and Ship Jumpers, Post-1924, from Various regions of Greece
In 1924, the United States Congress reduced the annual immigration quota for Greece to one hundred people per year — a deliberat…
The Man on the Corner: Greek Street Vendors and Shoeshine Men in Early America
— Greek Street Vendors and Shoeshine Men, from Various regions of Greece
Before the diner, before the restaurant, before the candy store — the Greek immigrant built his foothold in America on a shoeshi…