Oral History Collection

Village Preservation

Village Preservation has an extensive collection of oral histories – many of them feature folks from the East Village and Loisaida area.  The collection is searchable and features full transcripts.

East Village / Loisaida Interviewees

Barbara Kahn – playwright
Ayo Harrington – activist
Valerio Orselli – housing activist
Peter Longo – Porto Rico Importing Company
Robert Zerilli – Veneiro’s
Virlana Tkacz – Yara Arts Group
Lorcan Otway – Theater 80
Marlis Momber – photographer
Jonas Mekas – Anthology Film Archive
Wolf Kahn – painter
Phil Hartman – Two Boots Pizza
Frances Goldman – housing activist
Chino Garcia – community activist
Albert Fabozzi – community advocate
Tom Birchard – Veselka
Marilyn Appleberg – author, community advocate
Ola and Fawzy Abdelwahed – B&H Dairy
Penny Arcade – performance artist