Oral history interview with Tony Giordano, 1986
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- Name
- Giordano, Tony (Interviewee)
- Zane, Sharon (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Tony Giordano, 1986
- Abstract
- Background: raised in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Prep High School, Fairfield University, Breadloaf; Career: importance of Jesuit priests in childhood, introduction to drama, experience teaching drama, positions as a director and stage manager, move from Upper West Side to Manhattan Plaza, Board Member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, opposition of theatre community to Manhattan Plaza, Cl inton Community, responsibilities of Policy Committee, appropriation of public space, Committee to define Performing Artists, tenanting of buildings, Tenants Association, tenth anniversary, reflections on the running of Manhattan Plaza
- Collection Name
- Manhattan Plaza oral history collection
- Subjects
- High-rise apartment buildings--New York (State); Giordano, Tony
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1986
- Note (Biographical)
- Director, Chair of Policy Committee
- Note
- Interviewed by Sharon Zane on December 8 and 16, 1986
- Note (Provenance)
- Manhattan Plaza, Gift, circa 1990
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 15292101
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-0zry-qa43
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.