Oral history interview with Tony Giordano, 1986

Biographical Note

Director, Chair of Policy Committee

Scope and Contents

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, Clinton 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

Subjects

• Giordano, Tony--Interviews.
• High-rise apartment buildings--New York (State)--New York.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Zane, Sharon, interviewer.