Forgotten NY on the Crown of Queens

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We were asleep at the wheel when Forgotten NY posted its latest neighborhood close up last week. The subject? Corona, Queens. The working-class neighborhood was comprised primarily of European immigrants in the middle decades of the century and more recently has become home to more and more people of Hispanic and Asian heritage. (Paul Simon, who wrote about the nabe in "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard," grew up in near-by Forest Hills.) We particularly enjoyed the photo of this house on 47th Avenue between 102nd and 104th Streets. According to the Landmark Preservation Commission, "This small two-story house (c. 1871) is one of the last intact 19th century frame houses in Queens. Designed in a vernacular Italianate style, the house is notable for its decorative porch, gable and fence." Dig it.
Crown of Queens [Forgotten NY]

Comments

Nice house from the outside, but that chainlink fence has got to go.

Posted by: Anonymous at December 22, 2005 10:53 AM

no way - chain link remains. Looks so upstate NY.

Posted by: Anonymous at December 22, 2005 11:23 AM

The reason it's one of the last remaining 19th c. frame houses in Queens is because so many others have been torn down by developers over the past few years, notably in Astoria.

Posted by: Anonymous at December 23, 2005 8:22 AM

Wah, Wah, Wah. All you folks can do is complain about developers.

Posted by: Anonymous at December 23, 2005 6:06 PM

"Wah, Wah, Wah. All you folks can do is complain about developers."

Until we can stop them from razing everything built before Ed Sullivan dominated Sunday night television, we will continue to complain.

Do not tear down history.

www.forgotten-ny.com

Posted by: Kevin Walsh at December 24, 2005 11:28 PM

You don't tear down history,you keep it for that reason,"history".

Posted by: James Grimaldi at April 25, 2007 1:42 PM