Subject:Dearborn, World Travel, History, Historical Commission, Historical Museum, Arsenal Neighborhood, Riverbend Neighborhood
In this edition of Through The Arsenal Gates, Glenn O'Kray interviews Mariya Fogarasi, Activist - Member, Dearborn Historical Commission. The interview begins with Mariya telling us about growing up in Germany and Dearborn, and about some of the adjustments she made when she returned to Dearborn during her teen years. Mariya talks about working at the Chambertin Restaurant in the old Holiday Inn on Michigan Avenue in West Dearborn for several years. Mariya moved back overseas after graduate school and started her life of interesting work and travel, meeting her husband along the way. The conversation continues with information about her return to Dearborn. We learn about her work with the Arsenal Riverbend Neighborhood, including the effort to create an historical district.